Social work and social exclusion : the idea of practice /
Sheppard, Michael.
Aldershot : Ashgate,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-269) and indexes.
Introduction -- Social exclusion and social work -- Social work and social exclusion -- The nature of social work -- Knowledge and values, postmodernism and social work -- Need -- Authority and choice -- Empowerment -- Maintenance, social functioning and coping -- Interpretivism, reflection and social work as art -- Social work, science and technical instrumentalism -- Judgement and decision making : practical reasoning, process knowledge and critical thinking -- Social work intervention and human nature -- Conclusion : the discipline of social work.
Social service.
Marginality, Social.