Parton, Nigel (2014) Book Review: Paul Michael Garrett, Social work and social theory: Making connections. The Policy Press: Bristol, 2013, ISBN 9781847429605. Journal of Social Work, 14 (3). pp. 330-332. ISSN 1468-0173
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Abstract
It is important to state at the outset that I enjoyed this book, or at least large sections of it, but I also found it rather frustrating. The book is made up of 11 chapters and following an introductory chapter, is split into two parts. The first is concerned with ‘debating modernity’ made up of four chapters which critically analyse some of the most high-profile social theorists of recent times and their approaches to understanding contemporary society and recent social change – Giddens, Beck and Bauman in particular – together with some of the social work writers who have drawn on this body of work. The remaining two chapters in part one are then concerned with drawing on Marx, particularly Das Capital, for making sense of modernity and convincingly argues for replacing the concept of modernity with an explicit use of …
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
Schools: | School of Human and Health Sciences School of Human and Health Sciences > Centre for Applied Childhood Studies School of Human and Health Sciences > Centre for Research in the Social Sciences School of Human and Health Sciences > Centre for Applied Childhood, Youth and Family Research |
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Depositing User: | Sara Taylor |
Date Deposited: | 21 Aug 2014 14:10 |
Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2021 18:59 |
URI: | http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/21400 |
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