Shame and Social Work

Theory, Reflexivity and Practice

Buch | Hardcover

218 Seiten

2020
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-4406-3 (ISBN)

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Examining experiences of shame and stigma in the context of austerity and the declining welfare state, this book shows how social work can ameliorate the impacts of shame through sensitive, reflective and relationship-based practice. It provides a broad understanding of shame and looks at its impact on both service users and practitioners.

For many service users and professionals in the field of social work, shame is an ongoing part of their daily experience.

Providing an in-depth examination of the complex phenomena of shame and humiliation, this book sets out key contextual issues and theoretical approaches to comprehend shame and its relevance within social work. It provides a broad understanding of shame, its underlying social and political contexts and its effects on service users and professionals.

The book uses innovative international scholarship and includes theoretical considerations, as well as empirical findings within the field of social work. It shows the importance of sensitive, reflective and relationship-oriented practice based on a better understanding of the complexity of shame.

Liz Frost is Associate Professor at the University of the West of England. Veronika Magyar-Haas is Professor in Educational Science at the University of Fribourg. Holger Schoneville is Senior Lecturer in social work at Dortmund University. Alessandro Sicora is Associate Professor and teaches social work at the University of Trento.

Part One: The Concept of Shame from Different Perspectives

Making Sense of Shame Theory: A Possible Psychosocial Structure ~ Elisabeth Frost

The sociology of shame ~ Sighard Neckel

Shame as an Anthropological and Historical and Social Emotion ~ Veronika Magyar-Haas

Part Two: Shame and Service Users

Poverty as an Attack on Subjectivity: The Case of Shame, A Social Work Perspective ~ Holger Schoneville

Interactions of Shame: Violence against Children and Residential Care ~ Marie Demant and Friederike Lorenz

Emotional Labour in Social Work Practice and the Production of Shame in Service Users’ ~ Carsten Schröder

Part Three: Shame and Social Workers

Shame Regulation as Organisational Control: Evoking, Containing, and Diverting Shame to Create Compliance ~ Matthew Gibson

Claim, Blame, Shame: How Risk Undermines Authenticity in Social Work ~ Mark Hardy

Shame, Mistakes and Reflective Practice in Social Work ~ Alessandro Sicora

Erscheinungsdatum	02.07.2020
Co-Autor	Mark Hardy, Matthew Gibson, Carsten Schroeder, Friederike Lorenz, Marie Demant
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-4473-4406-5 / 1447344065
ISBN-13	978-1-4473-4406-3 / 9781447344063
Zustand	Neuware