Social Work Research for Social Justice

ISBN-13: 9781403949356 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 232 str.

Beth Humphries

Opis

Evidence-based practice has become a mantra for the public services. Students of social work need to understand the contribution of research, as part of this evidence base, to effective practice. This textbook has a dual aim: both to introduce students to a range of research methods at a practical level, and to sensitise them to the political dimension of research (namely, how social problems, and perceived solutions to them, are constructed). The book thus offers an important critical framework for understanding how research can, does and should, inform professional practice. It is designed to speak directly to students' and practitioners' experience and is therefore grounded in relevant practice examples throughout.

Spis treści

Introduction: Social Work Research as a contentious practice.- Ethical Social Work Research Practice and Social Justice.- Experimental Ways of Knowing.- Participatory Research.- Action Research.- Case Study Research.- Critical Social Research.- Discourse Analytic Research.- Ethnographic Research.- Social Surveys.- Evaluation Research.- Conclusion.

O autorze

Beth Humphries is a writer and researcher who has practised, taught and studied social work for many years. She has worked in universities across the UK and is currently a visiting professor at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her special research interest is in social work, immigration control and asylum and she has published extensively in this field.