Advanced liberalism, (post)modernity and social work: Some emerging social configurations

Parton, Nigel

doi:10.1080/15426432.1998.9960237

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“…Against this backdrop, Waters draws attention to a number of weaknesses in the modernist police agenda, not least in respect of the validity of ongoing police reform, the embedded assumption that progress will be achieved and, ultimately, the orthodoxy that a singular model of policing can either exist or work under current conditions. Although such critique is helpful, we need to be cautious in applying the dichotomy of modernity/postmodernity to complex public sector organizations as to do so is to invite a number of difficult to resolve challenges (see, for example, the work of Howe, 1994 and Parton, 1998, in respect of applying this distinction to the profession of social work).…”

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Institutional hybridity and cultural isomorphism in contemporary policing

Cockcroft

2019

International Journal of Police Science & Management

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Recent work on policing has increasingly acknowledged the influence of a broad array of changes upon both the structure and culture of police organizations. Generally, however, literature and research have tended to focus attention onto those elements of the broader police environment that effect such developments, whereas little commentary, to date, has been directed towards those features which impact across the broader public sector. Through drawing on the concepts of ‘hybrid professionalism’ [Noordegraaf M (2015) Hybrid professionalism and beyond: (new) forms of public professionalism in changing organizational and societal contexts. Journal of Professions and Organization 2: 187–206] and ‘institutional isomorphism’ [DiMaggio PJ and Powell WW (1983) The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields. American Sociological Review 48: 147–160], this conceptual paper will argue that the impact of neoliberal ideology on the contemporary public sector has created a police organization for which professionalism increasingly denotes generic management skills that are common across different occupations and different police roles. In particular, it will be suggested that such institutional isomorphism may drive ideational responses commensurate with cultural change within police organizations. In short, therefore, the paper will make the case that, in parallel with changes already identified by other academics, broader structural changes may lead to a narrower and more generic set of cultural responses within contemporary police organizations.

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Institutional hybridity and cultural isomorphism in contemporary policing

Cockcroft

2019

International Journal of Police Science & Management

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“…His discussions of inductive, deductive and abductive reasoning ('thinking backwards'), and those of others with a more specific focus on this (Haig 2008;Shank 1998;Znaniecki 1934) take us some way down the epistemological road. Other writers have also contributed meaningfully to the discussions regarding knowledge in social work (Parton 1996(Parton , 1998(Parton , 2000Jordan and Drakeford 2012;Schubert 2012, 2013;and Webb 2001), but whilst also exploring the importance of knowledge within the profession, do so more generally, avoiding any detailed discussion of epistemological principles per se.…”

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Epistemology and social work: Integrating theory, research and practice through philosophical pragmatism

Hothersall

2016

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Debates regarding theory and practice in social work have often avoided detailed discussion regarding the nature of knowledge itself and the various ways this can be created. As a result, positivistic conceptions of knowledge are still assumed by many to be axiomatic, such that context-dependent and practitioner-oriented approaches to knowledge creation and use are assumed to lack epistemological rigor and credibility. By drawing on epistemology, this theoretical paper outlines the case for a renewed approach to knowledge definition, creation and use within social work by reference to pragmatism. Pragmatism has the potential to act as an organizing theoretical framework, taking account of the role of both ontology and epistemology, acting as a functional methodology for the further enhancement of practice-based knowledge.

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Constructive Social Work

Parton¹

2000

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Recent years have witnessed increased international interest in the relevance of social theories associated with postmodernism, social constructionism and narrative approaches for social work. The central aim of this unique book is to demonstrate how such ideas can make a direct and positive contribution to social work practice. The innovative approach is affirmative and reflexive and emphasis is given to dialogue, process and plurality of knowledge and voice. Richly illustrated by case examples, the book is an ideal introduction to a crucially important new area of social work theory.

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Advanced liberalism, (post)modernity and social work: Some emerging social configurations

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Institutional hybridity and cultural isomorphism in contemporary policing

Institutional hybridity and cultural isomorphism in contemporary policing

Epistemology and social work: Integrating theory, research and practice through philosophical pragmatism

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