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Governing Risk

Governing Risk: Care and Control in Contemporary Social Work

Hardback Published on: 30/01/2015
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Synopsis

Drawing on Foucault's later work on governmentality, this book traces the effects of 'the rise of risk' on contemporary social work practice. Focusing on two 'domains' of practice - mental health social work and probation work - it analyses the ways in which risk thinking has affected social work's aims and objectives, methods and approaches.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
  • ISBN: 9780230364158
  • Number of pages: 221
  • Dimensions: 220 x 144 x 19 mm
  • Weight: 430g
  • Languages: English