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Reading Foucault for social work / Adrienne S. Chambon, Allan Irving, Laura Epstein, editors. - xxx, 292 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The culture of social work / Laura Epstein -- Waiting for Foucault: social work and the multitudinous truth(s) of life / Allan Irving -- Foucault's approach: making the familiar visible / Adrienne S. Chambon -- Social work, social control, and normalization: roundtable discussion with Michel Foucault -- Reconfiguring child welfare practices: risk, advanced liberalism, and the government of freedom / Nigel Parton -- Contested territory: sexualities and social work / Carol-Anne O'Brien -- Foucault and therapy: the disciplining of grief / Catherine E. Foote and Arthur W. Frank --Resistance and old age: the subject behind the American seniors' movement / Frank T.Y. Wang -- Surveillance and government of the welfare recipient / Ken Moffat -- Postmodernity, ethnography, and Foucault / John Devine -- Conclusion: issues to look forward to / Adrienne S. Chambon and Allan Irving.

ISBN: 023110717X 9780231107174 0231107161 9780231107167

LCCN: 98030255

Subjects--Personal Names:
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 --Contributions in social services.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social service--Philosophy

LC Class. No.: HV40. / R345 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 361