Social Work and Sociology: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Social Work and Sociology: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 243
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ISBN-10 : 9781317202530
ISBN-13 : 1317202538
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Book Synopsis Social Work and Sociology: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives by : Irene Levin

Download or read book Social Work and Sociology: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives written by Irene Levin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discussing the relationship between social work and sociology, this book explores how the two have become more and more divided, moving from one single discipline, to two separate, but related, fields. Both sociology and social work focus on social problems, social structure, social integration and how individuals respond to and live within cultural and structural constraints. Today, both disciplines face the possibility of losing some of their most important characteristics to individualising trends, the disappearance of the importance of ‘the social’ and pressure towards solely evidence-based knowledge. In addition to casting light on areas that have been in the shadows of the mainstream narrative, the contributions to this book will raise new questions, contributing to continuing discussions between and within each discipline. This book was originally published as a special issue of Nordic Social Work Research.


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