Social Work Practice Under Capitalism: A Marxist Approach (Critical Texts in Social Work and the Welfare State)

Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction....Pages 1-11 Front Matter....Pages 13-15 Collective Work and the Claimant’s Struggle....Pages 17-23 Family Conflicts: Double Binds and Contradictions....Pages 24-30 Community Work and Politics....Pages 31-40 Family, School and Bureaucracy....Pages 41-47 Alone with the Kids....Pages 48-54 Old Age: Loneliness and Struggle....Pages 55-60 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 Production and Reproduction....Pages 63-77 Class....Pages 78-89 The State....Pages 90-106 Individual Consciousness and Ideology....Pages 107-123 The Family....Pages 124-137 Conclusion: Towards a Marxist Politics for Social Work....Pages 139-157 Back Matter....Pages 158-161