| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Contemporary social work studies |
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Contemporary social work studies.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Jackie Powell, Robin Lovelock, Karen Lyons -- Social Work, the Public Sphere and Civil Society / Bill Jordan, Nigel Parton -- The McDonaldization of Social Work--or 'Come Back Florence Hollis, All Is (or Should Be) Forgiven' / Adrian L. James -- The Politics of Social Work Research / Ian Butler, Richard Pugh -- Gender and Knowledge in Social Work / Karen Lyons, Imogen Taylor -- Social Work Research and the Partnership Agenda / Steve Trevillion -- Taking Sides: Social Work Research as a Moral and Political Activity / Beth Humphries -- Qualitative Research and Social Work: The Methodological Repertoire in a Practice-Oriented Discipline / Nick Gould -- Research as an Element in Social Work's Ongoing Search for Identity / Walter Lorenz -- 'Knowing How to Go On': Towards Situated Practice and Emergent Theory in Social Work / Jeremy Kearney -- Habermas/Foucault for Social Work: Practices of Critical Reflection / Robin Lovelock, Jackie Powell |
| Summary |
The editors invited a group of leading social work academics, mainly from the UK, to reflect critically on the nature of social work both as a professional activity and an academic, university-based discipline |
| Notes |
Originally published in 2004 by Ashgate Publishing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed March 7, 2017) |
| Subject |
Social service -- Great Britain
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
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Social service
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lovelock, Robin, 1946- editor.
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Lyons, Karen, 1944- editor.
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Powell, Jackie, 1946- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781351905961 |
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1351905961 |
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