Social work : a problem-oriented introduction

Normalization and dissolution of boundaries : social work at the start of the twenty-first century -- From normalization to the dissolution of boundaries2 -- Rediscovery of welfare policy and the welfare state disembedding and reformulation -- From the term "identity" to the concept of agency critical living circumstances: distress, vulnerability and neediness -- Vulnerability -- Neediness and failure -- Coping with life as a social pedagogical concept -- The personal-psychodynamic zone -- The relational/intermediary zone : coping cultures -- Familial coping cultures -- The group -- Organizational cultures -- The internet -- The socio-structural, socio-political zone : the concepts of situation in life and situation of coping -- Situation in life -- Situation of coping -- The four dimensions of the situation of coping as means of access for social work -- Dependency -- Expression -- Appropriation -- Recognition -- Situation in life, situation of coping and status as a client -- Excursus: the situation in life approach and the capability approach -- The socio-political, socio-ethical perspective: social and generational justice -- Recommendations for action -- Case assessment from the perspective of the coping concept -- Functional equivalents -- Enablement in light of the blurring life stage borders -- Enabling childhood -- Enabling youth -- Enabling adults and people of working age from the perspective of agency -- Enabling ageing -- Enabling agency during transitions which have grown unpredictable and riskier -- Excursus: diversity and intersectionality -- Social problems and social integration -- Professional agency -- Social work and welfare policy -- The social consequences of globalization -- Social work and globalization -- Regional development -- The european perspective -- Transnational approaches : commons, citizenship, care -- Commons -- Citizenship -- Care -- Social justice -- Bibliography