TY - BOOK ID - 77866234 TI - Welfare, exclusion, and political agency AU - Batsleer, Janet. AU - Humphries, Beth PY - 2000 SN - 1134646844 1280243643 9786610243648 0203978587 9780203978580 6610243646 9780415195133 0415195136 9780415195140 0415195144 0415195136 0415195144 9781134646845 9781280243646 9781134646791 9781134646838 1134646836 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Social work with people with social disabilities KW - Marginality, Social KW - Public welfare KW - Exclusion, Social KW - Marginal peoples KW - Social exclusion KW - Social marginality KW - Assimilation (Sociology) KW - Culture conflict KW - Social isolation KW - Sociology KW - People with social disabilities KW - Social work with the socially handicapped UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77866234 AB - Welfare, Exclusion and Politcal Agency develops key topics in social work and social policy relating to exclusion, social divisions and control in welfare. It provides theoretical tools for students, academics and professionals whose work involves them in supporting the political agency of excluded groups. At a time when there have been profound shifts in the organization of welfare and the underpinning theories of the associated professions, the book tackles issues such as: *the move away from publicly funded welfare *the loss of a public service ethic *reduction of i ER -