000 00966nam a22001697a 4500
020 _a9781447334828
050 _aMED HC110
_b. C97
100 _aCummins, Ian
245 _a Poverty, inequality and social work: the impact of neo-liberalism and austerity politics on welfare provision
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aBristol
_bPolicy Press
_c2018
300 _axii, 187p.
_bill.
505 _aIntroduction Social work in the era of neoliberalism and austerity Class, poverty and inequality Advanced marginality and stigma Welfare, punishment and neoliberalism Poverty, inequality and contemporary social work Reimagining a social state Conclusion
520 _aA critical analysis of the domino effect of neoliberalism and austerity on social work. Applying theory including those of Bourdieu and Wacquant to practice, it argues that social work should return to a focus on relational and community approaches
650 _aNeoliberalism
942 _cBK
999 _c38012
_d38012