Welfare, Exclusion and Political Agency (The State of Welfare)

welfare, Exclusion And Politcal Agency Develops Key Topics In Social Work And Social Policy Relating To Exclusion, Social Divisions And Control In Welfare. It Provides Theoretical Tools For Students, Academics And Professionals Whose Work Involves Them In Supporting The Political Agency Of Excluded Groups. At A Time When There Have Been Profound Shifts In The Organization Of Welfare And The Underpinning Theories Of The Associated Professions, The Book Tackles Issues Such As: *the Move Away From Publicly Funded Welfare *the Loss Of A Public Service Ethic *reduction Of Input From Professionals In Policy *loss Of Professional Skills *increase Of Bureaucracy. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 Contributors......Page 8 Series editors preface......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 12 1 Welfare, exclusion and political agency......Page 14 2 From ‘street arabs’ to ‘angels’: working-class children, competence and citizenship, 1850-1914......Page 30 3 The colonization of the poor......Page 48 4 Outsiders within......Page 60 5 Clinical psychology in a cold climate......Page 72 6 Resources for hope......Page 90 7 Critical professionals and reflective practice......Page 101 8 Socio-economic factors......Page 115 9 School exclusion......Page 131 10 Sparring partners......Page 146 11 Three prisoners’ stories......Page 160 12 In or out?......Page 178 Index......Page 197 Annotation Welfare, Exclusion and Politcal Agencydevelops key topics in social work and social policy relating to exclusion, social divisions and control in welfare. It provides theoretical tools for students, academics and professionals whose work involves them in supporting the political agency of excluded groups. At a time when there have been profound shifts in the organization of welfare and the underpinning theories of the associated professions, the book tackles issues such as:*the move away from publicly funded welfare*the loss of a public service ethic*reduction of input from professionals in policy*loss of professional skills*increase of bureaucracy This collection of essays arises from research and reflection on practice in social welfare and in education outside school, and from a desire on the part of all the contributors to explore the connections between professional practice and wider patterns of division, exclusion and resistance in modern Britain. This work develops key topics in social work and social policy relating to exclusion, social divisions and control in welfare. It provides theoretical tools for those whose work involves them in supporting the political agency of excluded groups