Governing Risk: Care and Control in Contemporary Social Work

Hardy, M.

Drawing on Foucault's later work on governmentality, this book traces the effects of 'the rise of risk' on contemporary social work practice. Focusing on two 'domains' of practice – mental health social work and probation work – it analyses the ways in which risk thinking has affected social work's aims and objectives, methods and approaches.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-01-30

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230364158

DOI: 10.1057/9781137313515

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 221