Welfare, Exclusion and Political Agency

by Batsleer,Janet; Batsleer,Janet

• ISBN13: 9780415195133
• ISBN10: 0415195136
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-11
• Publisher: ROUTLEDGE

Summary

Welfare, Exclusion and Political 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 supporting the political agency of excluded groups. 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; and increase of bureaucracy.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	vii
Series editor's preface	x
Acknowledgements	xiii
Welfare, exclusion and political agency	1	(21)
Janet Batsleer
Beth Humphries
From `street arabs' to `angels': working-class children, competence and citizenship, 1850--1914	22	(25)
Tom Cockburn
The colonization of the poor	47	(16)
Daryl S. Crosskill
Outsiders within: the role of welfare in the internal control of immigration	63	(16)
Debra Hayes
Clinical psychology in a cold climate: towards culturally appropriate services	79	(23)
Gill Aitken
Resources for hope: social work and social exclusion	102	(14)
Beth Humphries
Critical professionals and reflective practice: the experience of women practitioners in health, welfare and education	116	(18)
Mary Issitt
Socio-economic factors: a neglected dimension in harm to children	134	(20)
Vic Tuck
School exclusion: alienation and the dilemmas for formal and informal educators	154	(19)
Carol Packham
Sparring partners: conflicts in the expression and treatment of self-harm	173	(17)
Helen Spandler
Janet Batsleer
Three prisoners' stories: talking back through autobiography	190	(23)
Steve Morgan
In or out?: how lesbians negotiate and experience coming out	213	(23)
Helen Williamson
Index	236