Foreword ~ Peter Dowd

Introduction: what is the future of social work? ~ Michael Lavalette

Austerity and the context of social work today ~ Michael Lavalette

Contemporary developments in child protection in England: reform or reaction? ~ Brid Featherstone

The slow death of social work with older people? ~ Mark Lymbery

Mental health social work: the dog that hasn’t barked ~ Iain Ferguson

Learning disabilities and social work ~ Jan Walmsley

Social work by and for all ~ Peter Beresford

Anti-oppressive social work, neoliberalism and neo-eugenics ~ Gurnam Singh

From Seebohm factories to neoliberal production lines? The social work labour process ~ John Harris

Social work and the refugee crisis: reflections from Samos in Greece ~ Chris Jones

Conclusion: the road to an alternative future? ~ Michael Lavalette

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Michael Lavalette is Professor in Social Work and Head of the School of Social Sciences at Liverpool Hope University. He has published widely on radical social work and contemporary social movements. He is co-editor of Critical and Radical Social Work journal.

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