TY - BOOK AU - Sheppard, Michael. TI - Social work and social exclusion: the idea of practice SN - 0754647684 (hbk) AV - HV40 .S58246 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Aldershot, England, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate KW - Social service KW - Marginality, Social N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-269) and indexes; Introduction -- Social exclusion and social work -- Social work and social exclusion -- The nature of social work -- Knowledge and values, postmodernism and social work -- Need -- Authority and choice -- Empowerment -- Maintenance, social functioning and coping -- Interpretivism, reflection and social work as art -- Social work, science and technical instrumentalism -- Judgement and decision making : practical reasoning, process knowledge and critical thinking -- Social work intervention and human nature -- Conclusion : the discipline of social work UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0612/2006012017.html ER -