Social Work and the Community A Critical Framework for Practice

"What practical contribution can professionals make to social justice, social cohesion and inclusion? This book brings together critical analysis, research and policy debate to offer a model of community-based practice that is reflective, progressive and ultimately transformative." "With consideration of a wide variety of community settings, this comprehensive and readable book demonstrates how important it is to understand the place of community throughout social work activity. This is vital reading for students of social work, community and youth work, and an invaluable resource for practitioners and policy makers at all levels."--BOOK JACKET.

KEITH POPPLE is Professor of Social Work at London South Bank University, UK, and author of Analysing Community Work (Open University Press, 1995) as well as co-editor of two other books. He is a member of the editorial board of the quarterly international journal, Community Development Journal, for which he was editor from 1998 to 2003.

PAUL STEPNEY is Lecturer in Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Wolverhampton, UK and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Tampere, Finland. He is co-editor of Social Work Models, Methods and Theories: A Framework for Practice (Russell House Publishing, 2000).