Overview
- Reflects a new interest in rural models of practice that is increasingly being discussed by practitioners and academics
- Provides a focus on rural social work issues from the UK, which has been overlooked in the literature until now
- Includes a range of contributions from social work academics and practitioners
Part of the book series: Rethinking Rural (RR)
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About this book
This book draws together writers from various backgrounds to discuss issues that affect those working in rural social work settings, on themes ranging from current issues that are common to rural localities (including those arising from the Covid-19 pandemic) to future challenges. Common themes that run through all the chapters and hold them together include community and place, stigma and alienation, inequality and social justice, and the environment. Several of the chapters include a strong user voice and challenge cis-heteronormative and other stereotypes of rural life by celebrating diversity in these communities.
The book will therefore be invaluable to rural practitioners, students studying to work in rural settings and their educators, as well as rural sociologists and policy makers.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Community
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Colin Turbett was a front line social worker and manager in the West of Scotland for 40 years. He has authored various papers and a book on rural social work, as well as other published work on critical/radical social work themes.
Jane Pye is a Lecturer in Social Work at Lancaster University, UK.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rural Social Work in the UK
Book Subtitle: Themes and Challenges for the Future
Editors: Colin Turbett, Jane Pye
Series Title: Rethinking Rural
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52440-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-52439-4Published: 02 May 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-52442-4Due: 16 May 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-52440-0Published: 30 April 2024
Series ISSN: 2730-7123
Series E-ISSN: 2730-7131
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 315
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Work, Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Work and Community Development, Comparative Social Policy