Social Exclusion, Inequality and Social Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11197872 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Monica Dowling (0000-0003-0193-2670, Royal Holloway University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 245-261 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Policy and Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-5596 • E-ISSN: 1467-9515 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9515.00149 |
| OpenAlex | W2170312801 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
This paper sets out the environment of inequality in which social work and the poor have recently operated. It explores pragmatic and idealist arguments concerning whether or not the poor need social work. Finally, policy solutions developed in consultation with social service users and carers are suggested in relation to poverty and social exclusion. Social exclusion can be linked to relative poverty as exclusion from economic and social norms. However, there is a wider brief in our own government’s publications and those of Europe, of examining how people are excluded from actions and policies of agencies who are there to support them. This paper will retain the concepts of poverty as lack of material income, and inequality as the gap between the rich and the poor, while being aware of the policy implications for social service users and carers of the more comprehensive process of being shut out partially or fully from social, economic, political and cultural systems. The debates around social work, social exclusion and inequality that follow establish: that some of the poor do need social work; that the poverty of social service users is related to policies that have restructured welfare in Britain; that the reason for individuals approaching or being referred to social services are complex but are likely to include financial deprivation as a key contributory factor; that if the poor do need social work, advocacy is essential rather than social work being seen as concerned only with social control—taking children into care, mentally ill people into hospitals, and advising the DSS on the suitability of claimants for benefits. Finally, the discussion turns to new policy agendas on social exclusion instigated by the Labour government. What positive difference can such policies make for social service users, their carers and social workers
Basic needs · Culture of poverty · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Inequality · Political science · Poverty · Social change · Social deprivation · Social exclusion · Social inequality · Social philosophy · Social policy · Social position · Social Welfare · Sociology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
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| Citations per year | 0.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2024 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |