The SAGE handbook of social work research /
Handbook of social work research Social work research
edited by Ian Shaw [and others].
- xxiv, 572 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mapping Social Work Research: Pasts, Presents and Futures / Purposes of Social Work Research -- The Nature and Purposes of Social Work / Providing Objective, Impartial Evidence for Decision Making and Public Accountability / Theory and Knowledge about Social Problems to Enhance Policy Development / Improving Intervention and Practice / Researching Our Own Domains: Research as Practice in 'Learning Organizations' / Challenging the Dominant Paradigm: Social Work Research, Social Justice and Social Change / Contexts for Social Work Research -- Research and Government / Politics and Values in Social Work Research / Social Work Research and Ethics / From Social Work Practice to Social Work Research: An Emergent Approach to a Basic Problem / Theory and Theorizing: Intellectual Contexts of Social Work Research / The Uses of Social Work Research / Places in Time: Contextualizing Social Work Research / The Practice of Social Work Research -- The Practice of Social Work Research / Logics, Qualities and Quality of Social Work Research / Evidence and Practice: The Knowledge Challenge for Social Work / Methods for Enhancing Theory and Knowledge About Problems, Policies, and Practice / Methods for Understanding, Learning and Social Justice / Mixing Methods in Social Work Research / Challenges and Directions in the Practice of Social Work Research / Domains of Social Work Research -- Nation / Community / Children, Young People and Families / Health and Well-being / Disability / Mental Health / Social Work Research and Aging / Social Work in Criminal Justice / Challenges and Directions in Social Work Research and Social Work Practice / Ian Shaw, Katharine Briar-Lawson, Joan Orme, Roy Ruckdeschel -- Nigel Parton and Stuart Kirk -- Annette Boaz and James Blewett -- Joan Orme and Katharine Briar-Lawson -- Daniel Gredig and Jeanne C Marsh -- Susan White and Gerhard Riemann -- Bob Pease -- Ian Shaw and Joan Zlotnik -- Haluk Soydan -- Richard Hugman -- Steve Trevillion -- Mikko Mantysaari and Richard Weatherley -- Roy Ruckdeschel and Adrienne Chambon -- Ian Shaw -- Jackie Powell and Blanca Ramos -- Ian Shaw -- Geraldine Macdonald and Jennie Popay -- Jane F Gilgun -- Carmen Lavoie, Judy MacDonald and Elizabeth Whitmore -- Jennifer C Greene, Peter Sommerfeld, and Wendy L Haight -- Katharine Briar-Lawson, Robyn Munford and Jackie Sanders -- Linda Briskman -- Karen Staller and Tracie Mafile'o -- Mary Ruffalo, June Thoburn and Paula Allen-Meares -- Paul Bywaters and Michael Ungar -- Sally French and John Swain -- Peter Huxley, Michael Sheppard and Martin Webber -- Philip McCallion -- Fergus McNeill, Dennis Bracken and Alan Clarke -- Joan Orme, Roy Ruckdeschel and Katharine Briar-Lawson. Part One. Part Two. Part Three. Part Four.
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.