Donna Dustin

The McDonaldization of Social Work

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Produktbeschreibung

Based upon George Ritzer's McDonaldization of Society thesis and incorporating aspects of social theory, this book examines the introduction of care management to social work practice. Donna Dustin analyzes care management as an example of the managerial application of efficiency, calculability, predictability and control to social work practice. These principles, put to good use in organizations that produce tangible outputs at a profit, are being increasingly applied in non-profit public sector organizations where the outcomes require intangibles such as professional relationships. The author examines whether the McDonaldization process heightens dilemmas such as cost versus rights for professionals working in the social services. Using social theory to frame her research with care managers and their managers in the UK, the author examines the day-to-day implications of care management for social work practice and questions whether the construction of service users as customers contributes to empowering practice. The book's in-depth analysis of the policy background, implementation and practice of care management will resonate with social workers in other national contexts, such as the US, where the care management model has been introduced.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780754646396
• ISBN-10: 0754646394
• Artikelnr.: 41244111

Autorenporträt

Donna Dustin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the London Metropolitan University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction; Part I The Macro Perspective: Understanding the
Introduction of Care Management - Theory and Context: Theorizing social
change; The context of social change: globalization, McDonaldization and
the introduction of care management. Part II The Micro Perspective: Social
Workers' Perceptions of Their Care Management Role - Findings from
Research: The impact of care management on social work practice;
Consumerism, choice and empowerment in care managed services; The
professional status of social workers practising as care managers. Part III
Considering the Macro and the Micro: Looking Back - Looking Forward: Care
management as the commodification of care within postmodernity as late
capitalism; Social work practice in the specialist field of care
management; Bibliography; Index.