Table of Contents

Part I. Making Sense of the City; Charlotte Williams.- Introduction and Overview.- Chapter 1. Social Work and the Urban Age.- Chapter 2. Beyond the Soup Kitchen.- Chapter 3. Reconstructing Urban Social Work.- Chapter 4. Researching the City: Possibilities for Social Work Research.- Part II. Social Issues and the City: New Directions in Practice.- Introduction; Charlotte Williams.- Chapter 5. Superdiversity and the City; Dirk Geldof.- Chapter 6. Ageing in Urban Environments: Challenges and Opportunities; Chris Phillipson and Mo Ray.- Chapter 7. Disabling Cities and Repositioning Social Work; Michael J. Prince.- Chapter 8. Care, Austerity and Resistance; Donna Baines.- Chapter 9. Homelessness in Western Cities; Carole Zufferey .- Chapter 10. Living on the Edge: New Forms of Poverty on the Urban Fringe; Sonia Martin and Robin Goodman.- Chapter 11. Educating for Urban Social Work; Susie Costello and Julian Raxworthy.- Conclusion. Urban Themes in 21st Century Social Work; Charlotte Williams.

Promotional Information

"Williams' book "Social Work and the City" is an exciting and very relevant read for researchers as well as social work students. It manages to couple some of the most pressing issues relating to the consequences of urbanization with the historical roots of social work in the city. It covers relevant introductory chapters as well as a range of cutting edge issues for social work to cope with now and in the future." (Mia Arp Fallov, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Aalborg University) "The increasing global trends towards urbanization have placed greater emphasis on the need for scholars and practitioners to focus on these geographic settings. It also is highly desirable to have a book devoted to urban social work because the profession was born in cities. This book promises to bring renewed attention to how the profession can play an influential role in shaping practice and scholarship with an urban focus." (Melvin Delgado, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work, Boston University School of Social Work)

About the Author

Charlotte Williams OBE is Professor and Deputy Dean of Social Work at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. She is a qualified social worker and has practiced in rural and urban contexts. She has extensively theorised issues of place, locality and nationhood as they affect social welfare practice, particularly in relation to the exclusion of minoritised ethnic groups.