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| Title |
‘Introducing Michael Gove to Loïc Wacquant’: Why Social Work Needs Critical Sociology
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| Published in |
British Journal of Social Work, April 2015
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| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bcv024 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Paul Michael Garrett |
| Abstract |
In 2013, Michael Gove, then Secretary of State for Education and Health in the UK coalition government, criticised social workers for laying insufficient emphasis on the 'agency' of individuals and for being too preoccupied with social and economic inequalities. Such a perspective, which is not unique to Gove, needs to be countered by reaffirming the significance of an expansively critical sociology for social work. In this context, the thematic concerns of the French theorist, Loïc Wacquant, illuminates key aspects of social work engagement with clients which Gove and his ideological associates appear intent on ignoring. The issues raised have significant political resonances given the pending UK General Election taking place in May 2015. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 | 43% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 86% |
| Scientists | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 53 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 4% |
| Unknown | 51 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 11 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 11% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 11 | 21% |
| Unknown | 6 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 30 | 57% |
| Psychology | 5 | 9% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 11% |
| Unknown | 6 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 June 2016.
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#8,400,315
of 25,711,518 outputs
Outputs from British Journal of Social Work
#1,020
of 2,037 outputs
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#93,699
of 280,074 outputs
Outputs of similar age from British Journal of Social Work
#14
of 28 outputs
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