Overview

Social work literature often reflects powerful ahistorical tendencies. These tendencies have produced analyses of social issues that lack awareness of both the contemporary environment and the historical forces that shaped it. The lack of awareness of the relationship between historical and current events also contributes to the passive approach many students take to education and prevents students and practitioners from developing a critical perspective and engaging in politically informed practice. ""For the Common Good"" fills these historical and conceptual gaps through the presentation of an anthology of selected essays written by Dr Harold Lewis over the course of his distinguished 50-year career in social work (1945-1995). Long acknowledged as one of the intellectual leaders of the profession and as a scholar who was deeply involved in the social and political issues of his times, Lewis' insights into the nature and purpose of social work practice, the epistemology of social work, and social work values and ethics are still fresh and compelling. Over the course of his career, Dr Lewis published well over 100 scholarly articles and monographs. Reisch has selected for this book those papers that best reflect Lewis' ideas and have the most contemporary relevance based on the three major categories of Lewis' work: social work practice and policy, social work values and ethics, and social work education.

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Author:   Michael Reisch
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780415935494

ISBN 10:   0415935490
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   28 February 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface and Acknowledgements by the Editor Foreword Editor's Introduction Part I: Essays onSocial Work Practice & Policy Editor's Introduction 1. ""Social Work and the Common Good"" (1977) 2. ""The Cause in Function"" (Winter 1977) 3. ""The Client's Interest"" (November 1979) 4. ""The Helping Process"" (March 1988) 5. ""Reasoning in Practice"" (July 1977) 6. ""The Problem with the Problem-Solving Paradigm"" (July 1984) 7. ""The Battered Helper"" (April 1980) 8. Management in the Nonprofit Social Service Organization (1975) 9. ""An Historical Perspective on Helping People in Times of Rapid Change"" (1991) Part II: Essays on Social WorkValues and Ethics Editor's Introduction 10. ""The Ethical Component in Practice"" (1982) 11. ""Ethical Assessment"" (April 1984) 12. ""The Whistleblower in a Whistleblowing Society (October 1984) 13. ""Teaching Ethics Through Ethical Teaching"" (1987) 14. ""Ethics and the Private Nonprofit Human Service Organization"" (1989) 15. ""Values & Ethics in Agency Practice: For a Caring & Just Service"" (May 1988) 16. ""Morality and the Politics of Practice"" (1972) Part III: Essays on Social WorkEducation Editor's Introduction 17. ""The Intellectual in the Practical"" 18. ""Education Preparation for Practice"" (March 1978) 19. Are the Traditional Curriculum Areas Relevant?"" (Winter 1981) 20. ""The Continuum: Challenge to Social Work Education"" (Fall 1983) 21. ""The Micro/Macro in Social Work Education"" (March 1984) 22. Teacher's Style & the Use of Professional Self in Social Work Education"" (May 1990) 23. ""A Framework for Forecasting in Social Work Education"" (May 1990) 24. ""Some Thoughts on My 40 years in Social Work Education"" (November 1989)"

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