The SAGE Handbook of Social Work Research
Ranging over local and international issues and exploring questions of theory and practice, this diverse study provides a comprehensive account of the state of the art of social work research. It invites us to understand the historical roots of the unresolvable tensions within the purposes and metho...
| Other Authors: | Shaw, Ian, 1945- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Los Angeles :
Sage Publications Ltd.,
2010.
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| Physical Description: |
xxiv, 572 pages ; 26 cm. |
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Table of contents |
Table of Contents:
- Editorial Essay: Mapping Social Work Research: Pasts, Presents and Futures / Ian Shaw, Katharine Briar-Lawson, Joan Orme and Roy Ruckdeschel
- Sect. I. Purposes of Social Work Research
- 1. Nature and Purposes of Social Work / Nigel Parton and Stuart Kirk
- 2. Providing Objective, Impartial Evidence for Decision Making and Public Accountability / Annette Boaz and James Blewett
- 3. Theory and Knowledge about Social Problems to Enhance Policy Development / Joan Orme and Katharine Briar-Lawson
- 4. Improving Intervention and Practice / Daniel Gredig and Jeanne C. Marsh
- 5. Researching Our Own Domains: Research as Practice in 'Learning Organizations' / Susan White and Gerhard Riemann
- 6. Challenging the Dominant Paradigm: Social Work Research, Social Justice and Social Change / Bob Pease
- Sect. II. Contexts for Social Work Research
- 7. Research and Government / Ian Shaw and Joan Zlotnik
- 8. Politics and Values in Social Work Research / Haluk Soydan
- 9. Social Work Research and Ethics / Richard Hugman
- 10. From Social Work Practice to Social Work Research: An Emergent Approach to a Basic Problem / Steve Trevillion
- 11. Theory and Theorizing: Intellectual Contexts of Social Work Research / Mikko Mantysaari and Richard Weatherley
- 12. Uses of Social Work Research / Roy Ruckdeschel and Adrienne Chambon
- 13. Places in Time: Contextualizing Social Work Research / Ian Shaw
- Sect. III. Practice of Social Work Research
- 14. Practice of Social Work Research / Jackie Powell and Blanca Ramos
- 15. Logics, Qualities and Quality of Social Work Research / Ian Shaw
- 16. Evidence and Practice: The Knowledge Challenge for Social Work / Geraldine MacDonald and Jennie Popay
- 17. Methods for Enhancing Theory and Knowledge about Problems, Policies, and Practice / Jane F. Gilgun
- 18. Methods for Understanding, Learning and Social Justice / Carmen Lavoie, Judy MacDonald and Elizabeth Whitmore
- 19. Mixing Methods in Social Work Research / Jennifer C. Greene, Peter Sommerfeld and Wendy L. Haight
- 20. Challenges and Directions in the Practice of Social Work Research / Katharine Briar-Lawson, Robyn Munford and Jackie Sanders
- Sect. IV. Domains of Social Work Research
- 21. Nation / Linda Briskman
- 22. Community / Karen M. Staller and Tracie Mafile'o
- 23. Children, Young People and Families / Mary C. Ruffolo, June Thoburn and Paula Allen-Meares
- 24. Health and Well-being / Paul Bywaters and Michael Ungar
- 25. Disability / Sally French and John Swain
- 26. Mental Health / Peter Huxley, Michael Sheppard and Martin Webber
- 27. Social Work Research and Aging / Philip McCallion
- 28. Social Work in Criminal Justice / Fergus McNeill, Denis Bracken and Alan Clarke
- 29. Challenges and Directions in Social Work Research and Social Work Practice / Joan Orme, Roy Ruckdeschel and Katharine Briar-Lawson.