The Origins of Social Work: Continuity and Change

by Malcolm Payne

Book Overview

This book traces the origins and development of social work as we now know it. Providing an ambitious synthesis of historical and international material, it explores the different faces of social work, whether defined by social policy developments, professionalization, changes in client group, or shifts in practice orientation. This is a unique book undertaken by an author with a strong international reputation and, as such, it promises to be a landmark...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333737911
• ISBN13: 9780333737910
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"