The emotional politics of social work and child protection

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20002763
AutoresJo Warner (0000-0002-1049-0432, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, autor de correspondencia), Joanne Warner
Año2015
Fecha de publicación2015-09-23
Open AccessSí
TipoBOOK
RevistaEmotional Politics of Social Work and Child Protection (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialPolicy Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/policypress/9781447318422.001.0001
OpenAlexW2269429593
Open LibraryOL34625698M
ISBN9781447318422
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas48
Referencias citadas1

For several decades, social work and child protection systems have been subject to accelerating cycles of crisis and reform, with each crisis involving intense media and political scrutiny. In understanding the nature and causes of this cycle, little attention has been paid to the importance of collective emotions. Using a range of cases from the UK, and also considering cases from the Netherlands, the US and New Zealand, this book introduces the concept of emotional politics. It shows how collective emotions, such as anger, shame, fear and disgust, are central to constructions of risk and blame, and are generated and reflected by official documents, politicians and the media. The book considers strategies for challenging these ‘emotional politics’, including identifying models for a more politically engaged stance for the social work profession

Political science · Politics · Sociology · Work (physics) · Child Abuse and Trauma · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Engineering · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Child Abuse · Child welfare · Great britain · Human services · Political aspects · Public opinion · Public policy · Social conditions · Social Science · Social service · Social Services & Welfare · Social Work · Social work with children · Society