Stephen Jordan

The Uses and Abuses of Humour in Social Work

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores social work's sometimes uneasy relationship with humour, its positive uses in surviving in social work, its aid to building relationships, and its negative aspects.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 98
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 163g
• ISBN-13: 9780367582388
• ISBN-10: 0367582384
• Artikelnr.: 69890756

Autorenporträt

Stephen Jordan worked as a social worker for 19 years and now works for the University of Essex where he lectures in social work.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction: spectators of our own lives
Chapter 2: Definitions and context "self defence against the slings and arrows of an unfriendly world"
Chapter 3: Humour and the work place: the bonds of stress
Chapter 4: The media: "equal opportunity approaches offensiveness"
Chapter 5: "Deep down": humour, health and relationship based practice
Chapter 6: "The most PC people around": social work, humour and political correctness
Chapter 7: Rottweilers and subversives: anti-social humour
Conclusion: Choosing between our comic or tragic potentials
Index