Amid Social Contradictions: Towards a history of Social Work in Europe

Amid Social Contradictions: Towards a history of Social Work in Europe
ISBN-10
3866498691
ISBN-13
9783866498693
Category
Social Science
Pages
263
Language
English
Published
2009-02-18
Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich
Authors
Gisela Hauss, Dagmar Schulte

Description

How does social work keep its balance between the requirements of its clients and its role as agency of state and society? In the historical analyses from various countries international experts show, how social work has succeeded in keeping those conflicting demands at bay. The contributions look at the historical situations in Finland, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, the Republic of Ireland, Russia, the former Soviet Union, Switzerland, and former Yugoslavia.

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