Book review : Kids at the Door & Kids at the Door Revisited by Bob Holman

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Connelly, Graham (2026) Book review : Kids at the Door & Kids at the Door Revisited by Bob Holman. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 25 (1). pp. 154-157. ISSN 1478-1840 (https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00096124)

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Abstract

When James Anglin challenged the SJRCC community to contribute reviews of ‘classic’ books, I knew instantly that I would review a book by Bob Holman, or, as it turns out, two. Bob had such a prodigious output - of academic papers and research reports; books (on poverty, social welfare, Christianity, and an acclaimed biography of Keir Hardie); and journalism (particularly in The Guardian and The [Glasgow] Herald) – that it is hard to choose. I have selected Kids at the Door, and its follow-up volume, Kids at the Door Revisited, because these books encapsulate so well the values that Bob advocated, and lived, as a community social worker, and because they serve as a model of reflective practice in action.

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