Bio
Ken McLaughlin is a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University where he teaches modules on sociology, social policy, social movements and social work. Prior to this he worked as a Team Manager and social worker in a social services mental health team.
His research is concerned with the way wider social and political concerns are reflected within social policy in general and social work in particular. His 2008 book ‘Social Work Politics and Society: from radicalism to orthodoxy’ highlights the implications of a risk averse culture and process of psychologisation on contemporary social work theory and practice. Similar themes are pursued in his 2102‘Surviving Identity: Vulnerability and the psychology of recognition’, discusses identity politics and the way in which the fragility of the self has become the dominant way in which both personal and political claims are expressed. His work has also appeared in several academic journals and in the online political and current affairs journal spiked. His latest book ‘Empowerment: A critique’ was published by Routledge in 2016. |
Publications
Books
K. McLaughlin (2016). Empowerment: A critique.
K. McLaughlin (2011). Surviving Identity. Routledge.
KG. McLaughlin (2008). Social Work, Politics and Society.
K. McLaughlin (2011). Surviving Identity. Routledge.
KG. McLaughlin (2008). Social Work, Politics and Society.
Journal articles
J. Leigh, A. Worsley, K. McLaughlin (2017). An analysis of HCPC fitness to practise hearings: Fit to Practise or Fit for Purpose?. Ethics and Social Welfare. pp.1-15.
A. Worsley, KG. McLaughlin, J. Leigh (2017). A Subject of Concern: The Experiences of Social Workers Referred to the Health and Care Professions Council. Britsh Journal of Social Work.
KG. McLaughlin (2016). English Lessons: Coru and the surveillance of practitioners. Frontline. pp.3-5.
H. Al-Hakami, K. McLaughlin (2016). Debatable Marriages: Marriage and Child Marriage in Saudi Arabia. Marriage and Family Review. 52(7), pp.654-664.
K. McLaughlin, J. Leigh, A. Worsley (2016). The State of Regulation in England: From the General Social Care Council to the Health and Care Professions Council. British Journal of Social Work. 46(4), pp.825-838.
B. Wagner, K. McLaughlin (2015). Politicising the psychology of social class: The relevance of Pierre Bourdieu's habitus for psychological research. Theory & Psychology. 25(2), pp.202-221.
K. McLaughlin (2015). Advocacy research and social policy: Action for children and the National Society for the Prevention of cruelty to children as case studies. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 35(3-4), pp.239-251.
K. McLaughlin (2014). Empowering the people: 'empowerment' and the British Journal of Social Work, 1971–99. Critical and Radical Social Work. 2(2), pp.203-216.
K. McLaughlin (2014). Recognising Social Work: The Influence of the Politics of Recognition on Social Work. Practice. 26(5), pp.299-312.
K. McLaughlin (2010). Control and social work: A reflection on some twenty-first century developments. Practice. 22(3), pp.143-154.
K. McLaughlin (2010). Modernising Social Work: Critical Considerations.BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. 40(1), pp.337-338.
K. McLaughlin (2010). The social worker versus the general social care council: An analysis of care standards tribunal hearings and decisions.British Journal of Social Work. 40(1), pp.311-327.
K. McLaughlin (2007). Revisiting the public/private divide: Theoretical, political and personal implications of their unification. Practice. 19(4), pp.241-253.
K. McLaughlin (2007). Regulation and risk in social work: the general social care council and the social care register in context. British Journal of Social Work. 37(7), pp.1263-1277.
K. McLaughlin (2005). From ridicule to institutionalization: Anti-oppression, the state and social work. Critical Social Policy. 25(3), pp.283-305.
K. McLaughlin (2003). Agency, resilience and empowerment: The dangers posed by a therapeutic culture. Practice. 15(2), pp.45-58.
K. McLaughlin (2001). Fear, risk and mental health: Observations on policy and practice. Practice. 13(3), pp.55-64.
A. Worsley, KG. McLaughlin, J. Leigh (2017). A Subject of Concern: The Experiences of Social Workers Referred to the Health and Care Professions Council. Britsh Journal of Social Work.
KG. McLaughlin (2016). English Lessons: Coru and the surveillance of practitioners. Frontline. pp.3-5.
H. Al-Hakami, K. McLaughlin (2016). Debatable Marriages: Marriage and Child Marriage in Saudi Arabia. Marriage and Family Review. 52(7), pp.654-664.
K. McLaughlin, J. Leigh, A. Worsley (2016). The State of Regulation in England: From the General Social Care Council to the Health and Care Professions Council. British Journal of Social Work. 46(4), pp.825-838.
B. Wagner, K. McLaughlin (2015). Politicising the psychology of social class: The relevance of Pierre Bourdieu's habitus for psychological research. Theory & Psychology. 25(2), pp.202-221.
K. McLaughlin (2015). Advocacy research and social policy: Action for children and the National Society for the Prevention of cruelty to children as case studies. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 35(3-4), pp.239-251.
K. McLaughlin (2014). Empowering the people: 'empowerment' and the British Journal of Social Work, 1971–99. Critical and Radical Social Work. 2(2), pp.203-216.
K. McLaughlin (2014). Recognising Social Work: The Influence of the Politics of Recognition on Social Work. Practice. 26(5), pp.299-312.
K. McLaughlin (2010). Control and social work: A reflection on some twenty-first century developments. Practice. 22(3), pp.143-154.
K. McLaughlin (2010). Modernising Social Work: Critical Considerations.BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. 40(1), pp.337-338.
K. McLaughlin (2010). The social worker versus the general social care council: An analysis of care standards tribunal hearings and decisions.British Journal of Social Work. 40(1), pp.311-327.
K. McLaughlin (2007). Revisiting the public/private divide: Theoretical, political and personal implications of their unification. Practice. 19(4), pp.241-253.
K. McLaughlin (2007). Regulation and risk in social work: the general social care council and the social care register in context. British Journal of Social Work. 37(7), pp.1263-1277.
K. McLaughlin (2005). From ridicule to institutionalization: Anti-oppression, the state and social work. Critical Social Policy. 25(3), pp.283-305.
K. McLaughlin (2003). Agency, resilience and empowerment: The dangers posed by a therapeutic culture. Practice. 15(2), pp.45-58.
K. McLaughlin (2001). Fear, risk and mental health: Observations on policy and practice. Practice. 13(3), pp.55-64.
Chapters in books
K. McLaughlin, J. Tomsett (2017). The View from Here. In: 'This Much I Know about Mind Over Matter: Improving mental health in our schools' by John Tomsett. Crown House.
K. McLaughlin (2015). Politics as social work: The micromanagement of behaviour in the new millennium. In: Social Work in a Global Context: Issues and Challenges. pp.91-103.
K. McLaughlin, S. Cordell (2013). Doing what's best, but best for whom? Ethics and the mental health social worker. In: Practical Social Work Ethics: Complex Dilemmas Within Applied Social Care. pp.111-130.
KG. McLaughlin (2013). Social Work. In: Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology.
K. McLaughlin (2015). Politics as social work: The micromanagement of behaviour in the new millennium. In: Social Work in a Global Context: Issues and Challenges. pp.91-103.
K. McLaughlin, S. Cordell (2013). Doing what's best, but best for whom? Ethics and the mental health social worker. In: Practical Social Work Ethics: Complex Dilemmas Within Applied Social Care. pp.111-130.
KG. McLaughlin (2013). Social Work. In: Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology.