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Home > Arhiva > 2011 > Numar: 1 > Individualism and Social Work: The Case of the Third Way in the UK

 Individualism and Social Work: The Case of the Third Way in the UK

    by:
  • Bill Jordan (University of Plymouth, UK, School of Applied Psychosocial Sciences, The Cloisters, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Rd, Exeter, Devon, EX1 2LU, Telephone:+44 (0) 1392 262873, E-mail: bill.jordan@plymouth.ac.uk)

Although individual liberty is a fundamental condition for ethical social work, the forms of individualism associated with market-based societies can undermine the very quality of life which social work seeks to improve. This article uses the example of the recent New Labour regime in the UK to argue that its reforms of the social services - aimed at reconciling individual independence and choice with social justice - were damaging for civil liberties, social bonds and the cultural milieu upon which good practice relies.

Keywords: individualism, contract, culture, citizenship, Big Society