Networks of power and counterpower in social work with children and families in England

This article applies the work of Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells to contemporary children and families’ social in England. Castells’ suggests that intractability many issues facing profession is result new type society emerged around turn millennium: network society. Within this society, interests values dominant networks are imposed upon those who selectively excluded. Several challenges for stemming from analysis posed, including relation challenging promoting transparency. However, it suggested most significant contribution has lies shifting discussion an networks, as been undertaken elsewhere, towards understanding how workers can, do, build counterpower capable effectively space they occupy.