The SAGE handbook of social work research / edited by Ian Shaw [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mapping Social Work Research: Pasts, Presents and Futures / Ian Shaw, Katharine Briar-Lawson, Joan Orme, Roy Ruckdeschel -- Part One. Purposes of Social Work Research -- The Nature and Purposes of Social Work / Nigel Parton and Stuart Kirk -- Providing Objective, Impartial Evidence for Decision Making and Public Accountability / Annette Boaz and James Blewett -- Theory and Knowledge about Social Problems to Enhance Policy Development / Joan Orme and Katharine Briar-Lawson -- Improving Intervention and Practice / Daniel Gredig and Jeanne C Marsh -- Researching Our Own Domains: Research as Practice in 'Learning Organizations' / Susan White and Gerhard Riemann -- Challenging the Dominant Paradigm: Social Work Research, Social Justice and Social Change / Bob Pease -- Part Two. Contexts for Social Work Research -- Research and Government / Ian Shaw and Joan Zlotnik -- Politics and Values in Social Work Research / Haluk Soydan -- Social Work Research and Ethics / Richard Hugman -- From Social Work Practice to Social Work Research: An Emergent Approach to a Basic Problem / Steve Trevillion -- Theory and Theorizing: Intellectual Contexts of Social Work Research / Mikko Mantysaari and Richard Weatherley -- The Uses of Social Work Research / Roy Ruckdeschel and Adrienne Chambon -- Places in Time: Contextualizing Social Work Research / Ian Shaw -- Part Three. The Practice of Social Work Research -- The Practice of Social Work Research / Jackie Powell and Blanca Ramos -- Logics, Qualities and Quality of Social Work Research / Ian Shaw -- Evidence and Practice: The Knowledge Challenge for Social Work / Geraldine Macdonald and Jennie Popay -- Methods for Enhancing Theory and Knowledge About Problems, Policies, and Practice / Jane F Gilgun -- Methods for Understanding, Learning and Social Justice / Carmen Lavoie, Judy MacDonald and Elizabeth Whitmore -- Mixing Methods in Social Work Research / Jennifer C Greene, Peter Sommerfeld, and Wendy L Haight -- Challenges and Directions in the Practice of Social Work Research / Katharine Briar-Lawson, Robyn Munford and Jackie Sanders -- Part Four. Domains of Social Work Research -- Nation / Linda Briskman -- Community / Karen Staller and Tracie Mafile'o -- Children, Young People and Families / Mary Ruffalo, June Thoburn and Paula Allen-Meares -- Health and Well-being / Paul Bywaters and Michael Ungar -- Disability / Sally French and John Swain -- Mental Health / Peter Huxley, Michael Sheppard and Martin Webber -- Social Work Research and Aging / Philip McCallion -- Social Work in Criminal Justice / Fergus McNeill, Dennis Bracken and Alan Clarke -- Challenges and Directions in Social Work Research and Social Work Practice / Joan Orme, Roy Ruckdeschel and Katharine Briar-Lawson.

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 methods of social work research.

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