Sheppard, Michael. <br/><br/>
Social work and social exclusion :  the idea of practice / 
Michael Sheppard. 
 - Aldershot, England ;  Burlington, VT :  Ashgate,  2006. 
 - 281 p. 
<br/><br/>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. HKBU library 
<br/><br/> YT2025 M09 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0754647684 0754647706 9780754647683 9780754647706 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social service.<br/>Marginality, Social.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV40  / S524 S 2006