This book demonstrates that all societies require a social work presence. It symbolises the importance of a community-near professional input to human flourishing and the development of social capital. It challenges economic and political trends that corrode deeply-held human and social values.
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Author(s): Malcolm (Emeritus Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University) Payne
Illustration(s): 5 Tables, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white