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Journal Article
Margaret Thatcher’s legacy for social work with children and families: critical possibilities?
2015
Overview
Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had a significant impact on economic, political and social life in the United Kingdom (UK) and elsewhere. The neoliberal changes she initiated were continued and intensified by subsequent Conservative, New Labour and now Conservative-led coalition governments in the UK. She left a particular legacy regarding the welfare state and social work, the former being gradually being dismantled, while social work has been transformed into a narrower and more restricted role. Practitioners are now largely concerned with rationing resources and risk assessment/management, with users having to be responsible for themselves and their families. If they do not do this, there is a punitive turn - having their child(ren) removed and adopted. Despite the neoliberal Thatcher legacy, and resultant significant challenges for social work, critical practice is both possible and necessary. It is a practice that engages with the issues that lie at the root of social injustice, namely growing inequality in a neoliberalised world.
Publisher
Policy Press,The Policy Press
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