Social Work and Social Exclusion: The Idea of Practice

Social Work and Social Exclusion offers an original contribution to the understanding of social work and includes a reappraisal of some fundamental aspects of the profession and its practice. It explores a number of key aspects of social work including social work values and knowledge, empowerment, need, authority and choice, judgment and decision making, evidence-based practice and reflective practice, showing how they reflect an underlying concern with social exclusion.