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Author Moffatt, Kenneth James, 1952-

Title A poetics of social work : personal agency and social transformation in Canada, 1920-1939 / Ken Moffatt.

Publication Info. Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, [2001]
©2001

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Description 1 online resource (x, 156 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "In A Poetics of Social Work Ken Moffatt considers the epistemological influences in the field of Canadian social work and social welfare from 1920 to 1939. Here modernist constructs of knowledge are explored through the analysis of the thought of leading social welfare practitioners, namely Dorothy Livesay, Carl Dawson, Charlotte Whitton, and E.J. Urwick. These four figures represent a wide cross-section of Anglo-Canadian social thought at two of Canada's most influential universities (McGill and Toronto), and Moffatt's study of their thinking reveals the presence of a diversity of approaches to social work and social change during this period." "By challenging the notion that human values and humanitarian concerns were abandoned in favour of science, empirical findings, and technical interpretation of authoritative knowledge, the author attempts to expand the concept of the social work knowledge base and explores how social work emerged as a profession in Canada. Moffatt's study presents a broad context for analysis, and provides fascinating reading and source material for those interested in history, philosophy, literature, and biography, as well as social work and the social sciences."--Jacket.
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Subject Social service -- Canada -- Philosophy -- History.
Social service.
Canada.
Philosophy.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Moffatt, Kenneth James, 1952- Poetics of social work. Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2001 (DLC) 2001273244 (OCoLC)46619739
ISBN 9781442670402 (electronic book)
1442670401 (electronic book)
0802048609 (bound)
080208382X (paperback)
9780802083821
9780802048608 (bound)
1281995983
9781281995988