Books written by Michael Lavalette

Child Labor: A World History Companion

Thompson, E. P. Edward Palmer Thompson (1924–1993) was an English historian and political campaigner. His reputation as a historian was primarily based on his book The Making of the English Working Class (first published in 1963, ...
Global Social Work in a Political Context: Radical Perspectives

Hafford-Letchfield, T. 135–6, 142 Hallward, P. 137 Hansen, J. 115 Hardman, C. 132 Harman, C. 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 39, 40, ... J.M. 10, 12–15 Kidron, M. 24 Klein, N. 128–9 Klinenberg, E. 118 Kolakowski, L 150 Konrad, G. 177 Korea 171–2 ...
Global Social Work in a Political Context: Radical Perspectives

Gray, M., Coates, J. and Yellow Bird, M. (eds) (2008) Indigenous social work around the world: Towards culturally relevant education and practice, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp 13–29. Gustavsson, J., Cederberg, C., Sonesson, U., Van Otterdijk, ...
Globalisation, Global Justice and Social Work

Exploring the effects of the past decade's neoliberalism and globalization on world-wide social work, this book also grapples with the implications for social work practice of the global social justice/anti-corporate and anti-capitalist ...
Class Struggle and Social Welfare

Organised chronologically, the book covers some of the most important welfare struggles from the early nineteenth century, some of the issues covered are: *the growth of capitalism *the development of the poor laws and the anti-poor law ...
Adult Social Care

(Humphries, 2013, p 3) Third, while the notion of 'shared responsibility' for funding social care which underpinned the ... there are strong parallels between the current transformation of social care and social work and the last major ...
Race, Racism and Social Work: Contemporary Issues and Debates

It is important to note that being critical of anti-racist practice does not mean that racism is a thing of the past as this is ... and appreciate, the distinctions and connections between notions of 'race', culture, and ethnicity.
Globalisation, Global Justice and Social Work

The first section of the book presents case studies of impact of neo-liberalism on welfare systems, social service provision and the practice of social work.
Children, Welfare and the State

In addition to engaging with the broad theoretical debates within the `new' sociology of childhood and developmental psychology the book: - Explores key questions in relation to researching childhood, children's agency and social ...
Class Struggle and Social Welfare

Organised chronologically, the book covers some of the most important welfare struggles from the early nineteenth century, some of the issues covered are: *the growth of capitalism *the development of the poor laws and the anti-poor law ...
Children, Welfare and the State

Welfare workers in the 1960s were not as aware of child abuse as we are today, and the prizing of childhood which, ... numbers of children on protection registers (see Department of Health, 2000c), and the extent of undiscovered abuse, ...
Social Work in Extremis: Lessons for Social Work Internationally

extremis. –. disaster. capitalism,. 'social. shocks'. and. 'popular. social. work'. Michael Lavalette In the wake of an earthquake, a bombing, or a major storm, most people are altruistic, urgently engaged in caring for themselves and ...
Rethinking Welfare: A Critical Perspective

Divided into three main sections, the first part of this volume looks at the growth of inequality, and social and environmental degradation.
Radical Social Work Today: Social Work at the Crossroads

It is important for social workers to adopt a critical and reflective stance to their practice, noting whom their service users are, ... In the 21st century nearly 20% of the population live below the official poverty line.
Rethinking Welfare: A Critical Perspective

Divided into three main sections, the first part of this volume looks at the growth of inequality, and social and environmental degradation.
Leadership and Social Movements

The essays illuminate the complex dynamics and competing forms taken by social movement leadership as well as its impact on movement successes and failures.
Social Policy: Theories, Concepts and Issues

The Third Edition of this widely adopted textbook has been thoroughly revised and offers an authoritative and up-to-date coverage of the key theories, concepts and issues in social policy.
Globalisation, Global Justice and Social Work

Exploring the effects of the past decade's neoliberalism and globalization on world-wide social work, this book also grapples with the implications for social work practice of the global social justice/anti-corporate and anti-capitalist ...
A Thing of the Past?: Child Labour in Britain in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

This book explores the theoretical context of child labour research before considering the history of child labour and concluding with the present situation in the UK and USA.
Global Social Work in a Political Context: Radical Perspectives

How is social work shaped by global issues and international problems and how should it address them? Taking a radical perspective, this work reveals what we can learn from different approaches from across the globe.