Fred Powell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4218142 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fred Powell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fred |
| FAMILY NAME | Powell |
| SIGNATURE | POWELL F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Cork |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1959 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Value of Groupwork Knowledge and Skills in Focus Group Research
This article explores the value of applying groupwork expertise and skills in conducting focus group research. It identifies and provides an analysis of comparisons between the arenas of focus group moderation and social groupwork facilitation drawing from literature from both fields. In addition, the article discusses key skills needed by focus group moderators highlighting how these are also foundational social groupwork competencies. The artic…
The Political Economy of the Irish Welfare State
The Political Economy of the Irish Welfare State
This book analyzes the changing shape of Irish society over the hundred years since the 1916 rising, arguing that there are distinctive master patterns that characterize its development of a welfare state that triangulates among church, state, and capital. The book charts the influence of social movements that resisted oppressive power structures, including the labour and feminist movements, organizations working for the rights of tenants and the…
The politics of civil society
The Politics of Civil Society
2011 shook the world politically. The Occupy Movement, Los Indignados and the Greek Aganaktismenoi (outraged) reacted to zombie capitalism in the West, while the Arab Spring challenged political tyrannies in the Maghreb-Mashreq region.Democracy became the meta-question of the moment. New communicative technologies unleashed a tidal wave of civic protest that spread across the globe, bringing new political actors on to the street. But what does th…
Politics of Civil Society
Youth policy, civil society and the modern Irish state
"Youth policy, civil society and the modern Irish state" published on by Manchester University Press.
Civil Society Theory
Community, Types of
Think globally, act locally’
Civil Society, Social Policy and Participatory Democracy
This article sets out to explore the relationship between civil society, social policy and participatory democracy, challenging the paternalistic and egoistic tradition of charity and the voluntary sector as its defining paradigm. Civil society is linked to the right to associate for social and political purposes. Radical and liberal traditions of civil society are compared and contrasted. It is suggested that historically participatory democracy…
Reclaiming civil society
The topic of global social work has become a controversial one in the European Journal of Social Work, as the March 2004 edition acknowledges in an editorial statement. This statement was prompted by a pungent critique from Stephen Webb, in an earlier edition of the journal. Webb (2003), p. 191) dismissed the topic as being of marginal interest: ‘?... social work has at best a minimal role to play with any global social order, should such an orde…
The Politics of Social Work
Postmodernity The End of Social Work? Victorian Origins, Active Citizenship and Voluntarism Fabianism, Welfare State and Reformist Practice Radical Social Work and Radical Doubt Poverty, Social Exclusion and Inclusive Practice Civil Society, Citizenship and User Participation Multiculturalism, Feminism and Anti-Oppressive Practice Futurescapes
Workfare
The Professional Challenges of Reflexive Modernization
This article examines the impact of reflexive modernization on social work in Ireland. It examines (i) the role and task of the Irish social worker in a society that has modernized more rapidly than any other in Europe; (ii) the meaning of pluralization, civil society and citizenship in an Irish context; (iii) the possibilities offered by a developmental strategy based upon empowerment, trust and user rights; (iv) the professional competence and …
The Irish Poor Law controversy
Social Policy in Ireland 1500–1800
Social policy in early modern Ireland, like England, was primarily orientated towards the perennial problem of poverty. Despite the effect of war and famine, trade began to prosper in sixteenth century Ireland and continued to do so until after the Napoleonic Wars, albeit, interspersed with occasional depressions and minor famines. The effect of this growth in trade on population was explosive. Between 1672 and 1791 population more than tripled f…
The Effect of the Northern Ireland Civil Conflict on Child Welfare
Social Work in Civil Conflict
Industrial Society and Social Welfare
Civil Society, Social Policy and Participatory Democracy
This article sets out to explore the relationship between civil society, social policy and participatory democracy, challenging the paternalistic and egoistic tradition of charity and the voluntary sector as its defining paradigm. Civil society is linked to the right to associate for social and political purposes. Radical and liberal traditions of civil society are compared and contrasted. It is suggested that historically participatory democracy…
The Value of Groupwork Knowledge and Skills in Focus Group Research
This article explores the value of applying groupwork expertise and skills in conducting focus group research. It identifies and provides an analysis of comparisons between the arenas of focus group moderation and social groupwork facilitation drawing from literature from both fields. In addition, the article discusses key skills needed by focus group moderators highlighting how these are also foundational social groupwork competencies. The artic…
The Professional Challenges of Reflexive Modernization
This article examines the impact of reflexive modernization on social work in Ireland. It examines (i) the role and task of the Irish social worker in a society that has modernized more rapidly than any other in Europe; (ii) the meaning of pluralization, civil society and citizenship in an Irish context; (iii) the possibilities offered by a developmental strategy based upon empowerment, trust and user rights; (iv) the professional competence and …
Reclaiming civil society
The topic of global social work has become a controversial one in the European Journal of Social Work, as the March 2004 edition acknowledges in an editorial statement. This statement was prompted by a pungent critique from Stephen Webb, in an earlier edition of the journal. Webb (2003), p. 191) dismissed the topic as being of marginal interest: ‘?... social work has at best a minimal role to play with any global social order, should such an orde…
Think globally, act locally’
The Irish Poor Law controversy
Industrial Society and Social Welfare
Social Work in Civil Conflict
The Effect of the Northern Ireland Civil Conflict on Child Welfare
The Irish Poor Law controversy
Social Policy in Ireland 1500–1800
Social policy in early modern Ireland, like England, was primarily orientated towards the perennial problem of poverty. Despite the effect of war and famine, trade began to prosper in sixteenth century Ireland and continued to do so until after the Napoleonic Wars, albeit, interspersed with occasional depressions and minor famines. The effect of this growth in trade on population was explosive. Between 1672 and 1791 population more than tripled f…
Workfare
The Professional Challenges of Reflexive Modernization
This article examines the impact of reflexive modernization on social work in Ireland. It examines (i) the role and task of the Irish social worker in a society that has modernized more rapidly than any other in Europe; (ii) the meaning of pluralization, civil society and citizenship in an Irish context; (iii) the possibilities offered by a developmental strategy based upon empowerment, trust and user rights; (iv) the professional competence and …
The Politics of Social Work
Postmodernity The End of Social Work? Victorian Origins, Active Citizenship and Voluntarism Fabianism, Welfare State and Reformist Practice Radical Social Work and Radical Doubt Poverty, Social Exclusion and Inclusive Practice Civil Society, Citizenship and User Participation Multiculturalism, Feminism and Anti-Oppressive Practice Futurescapes
Reclaiming civil society
The topic of global social work has become a controversial one in the European Journal of Social Work, as the March 2004 edition acknowledges in an editorial statement. This statement was prompted by a pungent critique from Stephen Webb, in an earlier edition of the journal. Webb (2003), p. 191) dismissed the topic as being of marginal interest: ‘?... social work has at best a minimal role to play with any global social order, should such an orde…
Civil Society, Social Policy and Participatory Democracy
This article sets out to explore the relationship between civil society, social policy and participatory democracy, challenging the paternalistic and egoistic tradition of charity and the voluntary sector as its defining paradigm. Civil society is linked to the right to associate for social and political purposes. Radical and liberal traditions of civil society are compared and contrasted. It is suggested that historically participatory democracy…
Think globally, act locally’
Civil Society Theory
Community, Types of
Youth policy, civil society and the modern Irish state
"Youth policy, civil society and the modern Irish state" published on by Manchester University Press.
The politics of civil society
The Politics of Civil Society
2011 shook the world politically. The Occupy Movement, Los Indignados and the Greek Aganaktismenoi (outraged) reacted to zombie capitalism in the West, while the Arab Spring challenged political tyrannies in the Maghreb-Mashreq region.Democracy became the meta-question of the moment. New communicative technologies unleashed a tidal wave of civic protest that spread across the globe, bringing new political actors on to the street. But what does th…
Politics of Civil Society
The Political Economy of the Irish Welfare State
The Political Economy of the Irish Welfare State
This book analyzes the changing shape of Irish society over the hundred years since the 1916 rising, arguing that there are distinctive master patterns that characterize its development of a welfare state that triangulates among church, state, and capital. The book charts the influence of social movements that resisted oppressive power structures, including the labour and feminist movements, organizations working for the rights of tenants and the…
The Value of Groupwork Knowledge and Skills in Focus Group Research
This article explores the value of applying groupwork expertise and skills in conducting focus group research. It identifies and provides an analysis of comparisons between the arenas of focus group moderation and social groupwork facilitation drawing from literature from both fields. In addition, the article discusses key skills needed by focus group moderators highlighting how these are also foundational social groupwork competencies. The artic…
Political science (16 works) · Law (15 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Politics (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Civil society (6 works) · Welfare (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Irish (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)