Social Working : : An Ethnography of Front-line Practice /

Social Working : : An Ethnography of Front-line Practice / / Gerald de Montigny.

In this unique work directed at social workers, Gerald A.J. de Montigny maintains that they, along with other professionals, create an `institutional' reality through their day-to-day practices. He traces the practical ways that social workers, when involved in child protection, struggle to pro...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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de Montigny, Gerald,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1995
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (294 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Ideological Practice
  • 3. Constructing a Professional Standpoint
  • 4. Professional Discursive Powers
  • 5. Ad Hoc Science: Constructing Child Abuse
  • 6. Producing Good Sense
  • 7. Producing Reports
  • 8. Child Protection Work
  • 9. Producing a File
  • 10. The Report to the Court
  • 11. The Hearing
  • 12. Conclusion: Dirty Social Work
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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