Postmodernism as a critique of the foundation beliefs various forms modernity, including socialism and especially Marxism, presents challenge to advocates critical perspective on social welfare. This paper argues that we should use postmodern ideas stimulate socialist approach which is more diverse, nonuniversalistic cross-cultural than envisioned by earlier Marxism.

The current debate about the knowledge claims of modernity has profound implications for theories and practices social welfare, though postmodern critiques its foundational beliefs should be approached cautiously. This paper suggests that a critique three historically significant discourses -American casework, British administration Marxist work - illustrates what might learned from deconstruction their modernist assumptions as stage in reconstruction welfare ideas appropriate to conditions.

The way materials are archived and organized shapes knowledge production (Derrida, J. Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression. Vancouver: University of Chicago Press, 1996; Foucault, M. L'archéologie du savoir. Paris, France: Éditions Gallimard, 1969; Kramer, Going meta on metadata. Journal Digital Humanities, 3(2), 2014; Hart, T. How do you archive the sky? Journal, 5, 2015; Taylor, D. Save As. e-misférica, 9, 2012). We argue that recommender systems offer an opportunity to discover new...

Social work education has to confront the problem of working with students in developing an understanding range explanations that exist social sciences and different bases these explanations. One pedagogic approach is explore a map categories explanation based upon conceptions nature science knowledge itself. Such map, outlined paper, would distinguish between physical paradigms human identify implications for various viewpoints. The teacher cannot remain neutral regard sciences; author...

Social work, along with other professional disciplines, is becoming increasingly interested in the application of sociological theory and research to its particular field activity. Since end nineteenth century London Charity Organization Society later United States after Mary Richmond published her book on Diagnosis, social workers have been encouraged investigate factors surrounding psychological casualties whom they attempted help. workers' interest has met, however, some formidable...

With the triumph of neo-conservatism, Left has faced a number dilemmas. The example Britain is used to show that while attempted remain critical liberal welfare state without giving support Right attacks, it also learned be more concerned with issues individual choice and control in social than past. Analysis problems "old state" an understandmg roots ideological successes provides one basis for new progressive politics welfare.

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