Alec Pemberton
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 334125 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Alec Pemberton |
| PRENOMES | Alec |
| SOBRENOME | Pemberton |
| ASSINATURA | PEMBERTON A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Western Michigan University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1971 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1990 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Discipline and Pacification in the Modern Administrative State
Foucault and Giddins emphasise the power of the modern "Administrative State", arguing that we now have at our disposal an enormous bureaucratic machinery for processing and controlling various problematical human behaviours. Australian data on fraud of the social welfare system are examined to throw light on Foucault's and Giddens' views. Figures relating to prosecution for fraud of both the Unemployment and Supporting Parents Benefits system in…
Rescuing the Good Samaritan
Catholics are urged to show a 'preferential option for the poor'. For the most part debate about the exercise of such an option is primarily in terms of a justice model-righting the twin wrongs of the 'exploitation' and 'oppression' of the poor. But there is another, largely untheorised approach to helping strangers in need-Samaritanism. This paper provides an exposition of Samaritanism and a defence of its role in the modern Welfare State. In do…
What is unnecessary surgery? Who shall decide? Issues of consumer sovereignty, conflict and self-regulation
Class Conflict and Social Control in the Establishment of the Australian Welfare State
Marxism and Social Policy
This paper looks critically at a central notion of the Marxist analysis of social policy - the contradictions of welfare. Two main variants of the argument are identified: the 'paradox' and 'opposite effect' contradictions respectively. Serious doubts are raised about the viability of a Marxist analysis of social policy which relies on the concept of the contradictions of the welfare state
Radical Critiques of Social Work and Welfare
Radical critiques of social work and welfare are an important and influential approach to the field, but do they apply to the Australian context? This paper provides a preliminary testing of the radical approach
Theory, Practice and 'Public Knowledge' in the Helping Professions
This paper takes seriously Mao's epigram to tackle two important and interrelated themes. First, it looks at the extent to which practice in one helping profession (social work) may be said to be informed by theory. Indeed, Mao's statement that 'knowledge begins with practice' turns out to be a useful way of grasping the relationship between ideas and action. Second, knowledge gained from practice is returned to practice. Habermas's process of re…
Efficient Practice Precedes The Theory Of It
How is theory translated into practice in everyday professional work? The paper begins with an argument against past efforts to show how theory is related to practice in social work. A different approach is favoured, based on a view of professional practice as skill
The Professional Knowledge Base
This paper surveys some aspects of the professional social work knowledge base, focusing critical attention on both “theory for social work” (the behavioural science contribution) and “practice theory” (derived from professional activities). Recognition of some serious gaps in and limitations of the knowledge base leads to some speculation about problems in the application of knowledge in everyday practical situations: specifically, social worker…
Knowledge about where to find help
Some Issues in the Ethics of Social Work Control Group Research
Erica Bates has recently raised the question of ethics with respect to the use of control group research into the effects of social work therapeutic intervention.1 She briefly outlined an apparent polarization of attitudes held about this issue by social workers. On the one hand, there are the social workers who oppose the use of control groups in such research on the grounds that it is unethical to identify and isolate people with a problem by p…
Casework and Social Interaction Theory
Social casework is analysed as an interpersonal relationship: dyadic, two‐person social interaction. This approach is seen as necessary to supplement the clinical biases within the social work profession. In particular, an exchange theoretical analysis focused attention on the problematical nature of the formation, establishment and maintenance of the social work relationship. In addition, casework was examined as a basically negotiated interpers…
Towards a Radical Critique of Social Work and Welfare Ideology
A radical critique of social work and social welfare is proposed, and an outline is given of the process of mystification that occurs when the field of social problems is dominated by a welfare or consensual approach rather than by a conflictual model. With this analytical framework, the role of the social work profession as an agency of social control is examined in terms of its contribution to the persistence of the existing socio‐political ord…
Towards a Radical Critique of Social Work and Welfare Ideology
A radical critique of social work and social welfare is proposed, and an outline is given of the process of mystification that occurs when the field of social problems is dominated by a welfare or consensual approach rather than by a conflictual model. With this analytical framework, the role of the social work profession as an agency of social control is examined in terms of its contribution to the persistence of the existing socio‐political ord…
What is unnecessary surgery? Who shall decide? Issues of consumer sovereignty, conflict and self-regulation
Casework and Social Interaction Theory
Social casework is analysed as an interpersonal relationship: dyadic, two‐person social interaction. This approach is seen as necessary to supplement the clinical biases within the social work profession. In particular, an exchange theoretical analysis focused attention on the problematical nature of the formation, establishment and maintenance of the social work relationship. In addition, casework was examined as a basically negotiated interpers…
Some Issues in the Ethics of Social Work Control Group Research
Erica Bates has recently raised the question of ethics with respect to the use of control group research into the effects of social work therapeutic intervention.1 She briefly outlined an apparent polarization of attitudes held about this issue by social workers. On the one hand, there are the social workers who oppose the use of control groups in such research on the grounds that it is unethical to identify and isolate people with a problem by p…
Towards a Radical Critique of Social Work and Welfare Ideology
A radical critique of social work and social welfare is proposed, and an outline is given of the process of mystification that occurs when the field of social problems is dominated by a welfare or consensual approach rather than by a conflictual model. With this analytical framework, the role of the social work profession as an agency of social control is examined in terms of its contribution to the persistence of the existing socio‐political ord…
Some Issues in the Ethics of Social Work Control Group Research
Erica Bates has recently raised the question of ethics with respect to the use of control group research into the effects of social work therapeutic intervention.1 She briefly outlined an apparent polarization of attitudes held about this issue by social workers. On the one hand, there are the social workers who oppose the use of control groups in such research on the grounds that it is unethical to identify and isolate people with a problem by p…
Casework and Social Interaction Theory
Social casework is analysed as an interpersonal relationship: dyadic, two‐person social interaction. This approach is seen as necessary to supplement the clinical biases within the social work profession. In particular, an exchange theoretical analysis focused attention on the problematical nature of the formation, establishment and maintenance of the social work relationship. In addition, casework was examined as a basically negotiated interpers…
The Professional Knowledge Base
This paper surveys some aspects of the professional social work knowledge base, focusing critical attention on both “theory for social work” (the behavioural science contribution) and “practice theory” (derived from professional activities). Recognition of some serious gaps in and limitations of the knowledge base leads to some speculation about problems in the application of knowledge in everyday practical situations: specifically, social worker…
Knowledge about where to find help
Efficient Practice Precedes The Theory Of It
How is theory translated into practice in everyday professional work? The paper begins with an argument against past efforts to show how theory is related to practice in social work. A different approach is favoured, based on a view of professional practice as skill
Radical Critiques of Social Work and Welfare
Radical critiques of social work and welfare are an important and influential approach to the field, but do they apply to the Australian context? This paper provides a preliminary testing of the radical approach
Theory, Practice and 'Public Knowledge' in the Helping Professions
This paper takes seriously Mao's epigram to tackle two important and interrelated themes. First, it looks at the extent to which practice in one helping profession (social work) may be said to be informed by theory. Indeed, Mao's statement that 'knowledge begins with practice' turns out to be a useful way of grasping the relationship between ideas and action. Second, knowledge gained from practice is returned to practice. Habermas's process of re…
Marxism and Social Policy
This paper looks critically at a central notion of the Marxist analysis of social policy - the contradictions of welfare. Two main variants of the argument are identified: the 'paradox' and 'opposite effect' contradictions respectively. Serious doubts are raised about the viability of a Marxist analysis of social policy which relies on the concept of the contradictions of the welfare state
Class Conflict and Social Control in the Establishment of the Australian Welfare State
What is unnecessary surgery? Who shall decide? Issues of consumer sovereignty, conflict and self-regulation
Discipline and Pacification in the Modern Administrative State
Foucault and Giddins emphasise the power of the modern "Administrative State", arguing that we now have at our disposal an enormous bureaucratic machinery for processing and controlling various problematical human behaviours. Australian data on fraud of the social welfare system are examined to throw light on Foucault's and Giddens' views. Figures relating to prosecution for fraud of both the Unemployment and Supporting Parents Benefits system in…
Rescuing the Good Samaritan
Catholics are urged to show a 'preferential option for the poor'. For the most part debate about the exercise of such an option is primarily in terms of a justice model-righting the twin wrongs of the 'exploitation' and 'oppression' of the poor. But there is another, largely untheorised approach to helping strangers in need-Samaritanism. This paper provides an exposition of Samaritanism and a defence of its role in the modern Welfare State. In do…
Sociology (13 obras) · Law (12 obras) · Political science (12 obras) · Law (9 obras) · Computer Science (8 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Social Work Education and Practice (7 obras) · Politics (6 obras) · Social science (6 obras) · Social Work (6 obras)