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Community Development Journal Advance Access originally published online on September 21, 2006
Community Development Journal 2006 41(4):531-535; doi:10.1093/cdj/bsl034
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Solving Social Problems: Southern Perspectives

Mike O'Brien

Solving Social Problems: Southern Perspectives
Pat Shannon and Sue Young, 2004, ISBN 086469-450-4, Dunmore Press, Palmerston North.

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Locating an appropriate starting point for this review is no simple task. Part of the difficulty is that the book breaks important new territory for New Zealand and Australian students and, possibly, students and practitioners at the international level because of the strong and explicit connection between social problems and the work of community and social workers as social change agents. It also attempts to make direct connections between theory and practice and the unequivocal preference for community-based responses, arguments and solutions. There is a good body of material that focuses on different dimensions of social problems and a significant body of material on social work intervention and practice.

The authors' purpose is clear. As they note on the back cover, the book is intended for students and practitioners ‘who wish to develop their reflexive practice’. The development of this practice is, the authors . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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