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Radical views of social work gained in significance in the 1970s. While their influence has waned, some ideas have become embedded in social work thought. An element of social criticism deriving from radical thought is now more essential to social work theory than it was before this period of influence. These approaches also created a theoretical environment in which the development of forms of social work such as empowerment, advocacy and consciousness-raising grew up and became acceptable.
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© 1991 Malcolm Stuart Payne
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Payne, M. (1991). Radical and Marxist Approaches. In: Modern Social Work Theory. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21161-6_10
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