Full Description
Recent years have witnessed a number of 'child protection' scandals where children, often from the poorest and most marginalised communities, have been on the receiving end of violence, abuse and social harm. In this short form book, part of the Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work series, Paul Michael Garrett looks at the impact of marketisation of social work services in both Ireland and England. He argues that marketisation has had a negative impact on policy regimes, working conditions, social work practices and on the services for vulnerable children and young people. Leading researchers from across the globe contribute to the debate and provide additional evidence from a range of policy regimes that catalogue the negative impact neoliberalism has had on children's services.
Contents
Series Editors' Introduction;
Radical and Critical Perspectives on Social Work with Children and families ‾ lead essay by Paul Michael Garrett;
The Crisis in Social Work with Children and Families ‾ response by Rona Woodward;
Rights and Wrongs: Young citizens in a young country ‾ response by Mark Drakeford and Ian Butler;
Social Justice Social Work Struggles in Canada: Poverty, Neoliberalism and Symbolic Resistance ‾ response by Donna Baines;
'What is to be done?' ‾ response by Roger Smith;
‾ response by Stanley Houston;
Lost in Arcadia? ‾ response by Griet Roets & Rudi Roose;
Problematizing Social Work ‾ response by Fabian Kessl;
Some concluding thoughts ‾ Paul Michael Garrett
Bibliography.
