REFLECTING ON SOCIAL WORK by Karen Lyons, Robin Lovelock (Editor), Jackie Powell (Editor) ( 9780754619055 )

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Title:

REFLECTING ON SOCIAL WORK
DISCIPLINE AND PROFESSION

By:

Karen Lyons, Robin Lovelock (Editor), Jackie Powell (Editor)

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0754619052

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9780754619055

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

28 April, 2004

Series:

Contemporary Social Work Studies

Pages:

262

Description:

Brings together leading social work academics to examine the state of social work at the beginning of the 21st century. With their focus on the relationships between research, theory and practice, they reflect critically on the nature of social work as a discipline in higher education and the importance of this to the profession.

Synopsis:

Social work has always been a contested activity and its status as an academic discipline remains uncertain. There is currently renewed interest in the theoretical and research dimensions of social work, at a time when significant changes in the broad social, political and economic context in which practice takes place require a re-evaluation of social work's role and a re-examination of its identity. This timely book brings together leading social work academics to examine the state of social work at the beginning of the 21st century. With their focus on the relationships between research, theory and practice, they reflect critically on the nature of social work as a discipline in higher education and the importance of this to the profession as a whole. The book represents an exploratory conversation among social work academics about the current state and future aspirations of the discipline and the profession. It aims to stimulate wider debate about the dominant constraints and opportunities for social work in the 21st century.

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