| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 254 pages) |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-243) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. Contexts of practice -- 2. The social dynamics of small communities -- 3. Indigenous peoples : dispossession, colonisation and discrimination -- 4. The experience of other minorities -- 5. Problems and possibilities in rural practice -- 6. Models for practice 1 : personal social services -- 7. Models for practice 2 : community social work -- 8. Workforce issues -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
This book provides a wide-ranging review of existing writing and research on rural social services and explores some of the distinctive features of rural contexts and rural problems. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social service, Rural.
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Social service, Rural. |
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Social service, Rural -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Cheers, Brian, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pugh, Richard. Rural social work. Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2010 9781861347213 (DLC) 2010293829 (OCoLC)432408741 |
| ISBN |
9781847427908 (electronic book) |
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1847427901 (electronic book) |
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9781447303305 (ebook) |
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144730330X |
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9781861347213 (hardcover) |
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1861347219 (hardcover) |
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9781861347206 (paperback) |
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1861347200 (paperback) |
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