Transforming society?

This book explores the sociological basis of contemporary society and shows how social workers experience tensions and contradictions in practice.

Introduction; Part one: Social exclusion, 'the poor' and social work: Social exclusion and poverty; Social work's enduring tensions; Part two: Production: Theories of work and society; Work, exclusion, poverty and social work; Part three: Reproduction: Theoretical concepts: family, gender and discourse; Social work and reproduction: regulation and family life; Part four: Consumption: New forms of relations and inequality?; Social work: the power of consumption and the creation of customers; Part five: Community: A changing landscape: theoretical approaches to 'community'; Social work, social capital and 'community'; Part six: Transforming society: social work and sociology: Using sociology to inform practice; Contradictions and change?.