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The emotional politics of social work and child protection / Joanne Warner.

By: Warner, Joanne [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bristol : Policy Press, 2015Description: vii, 207 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781447318439 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Child welfare -- Great Britain | Child welfare | Social service -- Great Britain | Social service | Emotions -- Sociological aspects | Society | SocietyDDC classification: 362.7'6'0941 Summary: Social work and child protection systems have for several decades been subject to cycles of crisis and reform, with each crisis drawing intense media and political scrutiny. To explain these cycles, Joanne Warner introduces the concept of emotional politics and reveals that collective emotions are central to constructions of risk and blame. She also suggests strategies for challenging emotional politics, including identifying models for a more politically engaged stance for the social work profession.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social work and child protection systems have for several decades been subject to cycles of crisis and reform, with each crisis drawing intense media and political scrutiny. To explain these cycles, Joanne Warner introduces the concept of emotional politics and reveals that collective emotions are central to constructions of risk and blame. She also suggests strategies for challenging emotional politics, including identifying models for a more politically engaged stance for the social work profession.

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