The turn to biographical methods in social science is yielding a rich harvest of research outcomes and invigorating the relationship between policy and practice. This book uses a range of interpretive approaches to reveal the dynamics of service users' and professionals' individual experiences and life-worlds. It shows how biographical methods can improve theoretical understanding of professional practice, as well as enrich the learning and development or professionals, and promote more meaningful and creative practitioner-service user relationships.Biographical methods and professional...

The turn to biographical methods in social science is yielding a rich harvest of research outcomes and invigorating the relationship between policy and practice. This book uses a range of interpretive approaches to reveal the dynamics of service users' and professionals' individual experiences and life-worlds. It shows how biographical methods can improve theoretical understanding of professional practice, as well as enrich the learning and development or professionals, and promote more meaningful and creative practitioner-service user relationships.Biographical methods and professional...

Der Blick auf Tradition ist in der in Bewegung geratenen Geschichte nach dem Ende des Kalten Krieges, der Neukonstitution Europas und der universalen Globalisierung weniger ein Blick auf Konserviertes oder Uberkommenes, sondern ein plotzliches Innewerden der "Notwendigkeit des steten Tradierens der akkumulierten Kulturguter" und damit auch auf die Moglichkeit fur einen "neuartigen" Zugang neuer Kulturtrager (im Sinne Karl Mannheims). Dies bedingen nicht nur der kontinuierliche Generationenwechsel und das Auf- und Absteigen neuer sozialer Gruppen, die den Prozess des Tradierens zu allen Zeiten...