The SAGE handbook of social work research

The SAGE Handbook of Social Work Research provides a comprehensive, internationally-focussed account of leading social work research, offering an original and defining statement on contemporary theory and practice within the field. The groundbreaking Handbook engages critically with the nature and role of social work research and evaluation in contemporary societies around the globe, and asks four key questions: What is the role and purpose of social work research?, What contexts shape the practice and purpose of social work research?, Howcan we maximise the quality of the practice of social work research?, How canthe aims of social work in its varied domains be met through social work research? Ranging over local, national and international issues, and exploring questions of theory and practice, this is a diverse and constructively organized overview of the field. It will quickly be recognized as a benchmark in the expanding field of social work research, setting the agenda for future work in the arena. INDICE: Ian Shaw, Katharine Briar-Lawson, Joan Orme, Roy Ruckdeschel Mapping Social Work Research: pasts, presents and futures / PART ONE: PURPOSES OF SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH / Nigel Parton and Stuart Kirk The Nature and Purposes of Social Work / Annette Boaz and James Blewett Providing Objective, Impartial Evidence for Decision Making and Public Accountability / Joan Orme and KatharineBriar Lawson Theory Knowledge and Theories of Social Problems and Policies / Daniel Gredig and Jeanne Marsh Improving Intervention and Practice / Sue Whiteand Gerhard Riemann Researching our Own Domains: Research as Practice in ‘Learning Organizations’ / Bob Pease Challenging the Dominant Paradigm: Social Work Research, Social Justice and Social Change / PART TWO: CONTEXTS FOR SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH / Ian Shaw and Joan Zlotnik Research and Government / Haluk Soydan Politics and Values in Social Work Research / Richard Hugman Social Work Research and Ethics / Steve Trevillion From Social Work Practice to Social Work Research: An Emergent Approach to a Basic Problem / Mikko Mantysaari and Richard Weatherley Theory and Theorizing: Intellectual Contexts of Social Work Research / Roy Ruckdeschel and Adrienne Chambon The Uses of Social Work Research / Ian Shaw Places in Time: Contextualizing Social Work Research / PART THREE: THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH / Jackie Powell and Blanca Ramos The Practice of Social Work Research / Ian Shaw Logics, Qualities and Quality of Social Work Research / Geraldine Macdonald and Jennie Popay Evidence and Practice: The Knowledge Challenge for Social Work / Jane F Gilgun Methods for Enhancing Theory and Knowledge About Problems, Policies, and Practice / Carmen Lavoie, Judy MacDonald and Elizabeth Whitmore Methods for Understanding, Learning and Social Justice / Jennifer C Greene, Peter Sommerfeld, and Wendy L Haight Mixing Methods in Social Work Research / Katharine Briar-Lawson, Robyn Munford and Jackie Sanders Challenges and Directions in the Practice of Social Work Research / PART FOUR: DOMAINS OF SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH / Linda Briskman Nation / Tracie Mafile’o and Karen Staller Community / Mary Ruffalo, June Thoburn and Paula Allen-Meares Children, Young People and Families / Paul Bywaters and Michael Ungar Health and Wellbeing / Sally French and John Swain Disability / Peter Huxley and Michael Sheppard Mental Health / Phil McCallion Social Work Research andAging / Fergus McNeill, Dennis Bracken and Alan Clarke Social Work in Criminal Justice / Joan Orme, Roy Ruckdeschel and Katharine Briar-Lawson Challenges and Directions in Social Work Research and Social Work Practice

• ISBN: 978-1-4129-3498-5
• Editorial: Sage Publications
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 584
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés