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A. Fives
This analytically cogent account engages with both the philosophical roots of ideas and their application in institutional structures. Offering a critical overview of political philosophies of welfare it is ideal…
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Eileen Oak
Social Work and Social Work Perspectives introduces readers to a range of important sociological concepts, showing how these can feed critical practice and illustrate social work’s complex relationship with the…
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Beth Humphries
Students of social work need to understand the contribution of research, as part of this evidence base, to effective practice. This textbook introduces students to a range of research methods…
Lena Dominelli
This book tackles how social workers can enable their clients to challenge the oppressions that disempower them. It moves from a discussion of social work’s purpose and ambitions to an…
J. Rumgay
The probation service’s venture into financial partnerships with non-statutory agencies during the 1990s was viewed both as a development opportunity for improving services, and as a threat to professional identity…
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The principles and value framework of the postwar welfare consensus were called into question with the general election of 1979. This book assesses developments in key areas of the welfare…
Jennifer Somerville
This study examines the continuing ‘war over the family’ in the USA and the UK in the context of major socio-economic and cultural changes that have fundamentally shifted the ground…
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Joan Orme
This text draws on feminist literature and research into community care policy and practice to provide an overview of the influence of, and attention to, gender. In documenting changes in…
Robert Adams
Offers a practical approach to maximizing quality in social work that is based on developing a working culture that empowers key stakeholders in the delivery of services, whether these are…
Richard Hugman
Focusing on nursing, remedial therapy and social work, this book examines core social values expressed through policy. The implications of these ideas for the caring professions in social welfare are…
Nickie Charles
This book develops an analysis of how social movements interact with the state to bring about changes in social policy. It focuses on feminist social movements in Britain, the United…
J. Waterson
Drinking alcohol can be immensely pleasurable and life-enhancing. On the other hand, it can be associated with danger and risk. This book explores some of the implications of this dichotomy…
Roger Clough
This text sets residential life and work in the context of wider social systems, focusing on the function homes serve in looking after young people and adults who would struggle…
Ted Goldberg
Based on extensive participant observation research, a life-history model is presented to explain why very few of those who come into contact with narcotics become problematic consumers; that is -…
Malcolm Payne
Malcolm Payne shows how team members in care services can use networking and teambuilding to strengthen their practice by being open to work with wider networks of agencies, professionals and…
This book traces the origins and development of social work as we now know it. Providing an ambitious synthesis of historical and international material, it explores the different faces of…
Sarah Banks
This book explores the far-reaching ethical implications of recent changes in the organization and practice of the social professions (social work, community and youth work), drawing on moral philosophy, professional…
Steve Onyett
Developing mental health team effectiveness requires that we explore both how people work together and the context of the team itself. This text examines the historical, social policy, political and…
Social Policy for Social Work provides a comprehensive, critical and engaging introduction to social policy for students and practitioners of social work.
Irene Hall
Evaluation is a large and growing field with applications to a wide range of disciplines - including sociology, social work, social policy, psychology, health, nursing, education, community development, etc.
Di Bailey
Presenting a model for interdisciplinary working, this book offers an overview of practice and policy across a range of mental health settings. It explores how to combine skills, theories and…
Chris Miller
This book is about the organisation and delivery of welfare services. It provides a critical and contemporary exploration of the organisational models, processes and structures associated with different approaches to…
This text defends a special focus on Jesus in theistic faith, whilst denying his divinity. Having limited the genuine choice in Christology to orthodoxy or unitarianism, it argues first for…
Roger Smith
Power is an unavoidable issue in social work. This important text explores these complex issues, both at a conceptual and applied level, in order to give students a clear understanding…
Explores the ethical interpretations of biotechnology and examines whether sufficient consensus exists or is emerging to enable this technology to occupy a stable role in the techno-economic, social and cultural…
M. Rowlands
This book argues that to properly understand how and why nature can have value requires a radical revision of the way philosophy is understood and practised, and an equally radical…
Avril Drummond,Jo Campling
If you are an expert in research, this is not the book for you unless you merely wish to revise your existing knowledge. I would also like to acknowledge the…
Steve Morgan,Jo Campling
How do you respond to the distress of a man who is sitting before you, in his own flat, towels draped around his shoulders, newspaper wedged beneath the brim of…
M. Christian
Provides an accessible account of the social construction of racialized groups. Using both primary (in-depth interviews) and secondary data, four nations are examined: the UK, US, South Africa and Jamaica…
C. Crowther
Policing Urban Poverty demonstrates that, since the nineteenth century, a core task of the police has been crime control and order maintenance, especially in poor communities.
Philip Burnard,Jo Campling
No amount of talking, on its own, can really make a difference if people do not end up doing something as a result of counselling. Counselling Skills for Health Professionals…
An examination of social work in both theory and practice. The authors present several models relevant to different aspects of social work.
Sophie Laws
An approach to the subject of menstruation which claims that women’s feelings about their periods are shaped by men’s attitudes and the imposition of their views on women. Sophie Law’s…
Valerie Bryson
This book draws on a range of theoretical, empirical and comparative material to provide an account of feminist debates and the ways in which political disagreements stem from underlying theoretical…
Multiracial Identity provides an account of the social construction of racialized groups. Four nations are examined: the UK, US, South Africa and Jamaica. The author maintains how little attention has…
Feminist theories of social work have been criticised in recent years for treating women as a uniform category and displaying insufficient sensitivity to the complex ways in which other social…
P. Cox
The first major study of the history of British bad girls, this book uses a wide range of professional, popular and personal texts to explore the experiences of girls in…
John Lynch
The city of Belfast tends to be discussed in terms of its distinctiveness from the rest of Ireland, an industrial city in an agricultural country. When these cities are compared…
M. Mayo
Cultures, Communities, Identities explores a wide range of cultural strategies to promote participation and empowerment in both First and Third World settings.
L. Fawcett
The author argues that the recent focus on religious fundamentalism in ethnic conflict has obscured the ambiguous role of ‘mainstream’ Western religion. The book examines the relationship between the religious…
T. Fitzpatrick
A basic income would be an income paid to every man, woman and child as a right of citizenship and without reference to employment, marital and household status. This book…
E. Salminen
Focusing on freedom of speech, this text deals with the problem of how a small country should react in the face of pressure threatening its sovereignty. The author describes how…
J. Radcliffe
At the heart of the green debate are a set of basic contradictions concerning beliefs and actions. This book reveals the problems associated with these contradictions, including adherence to decentralized…
Gendered Policies in Europe examines the policy process, focusing on the shifts in equal opportunities legislation towards measures to help parents combine employment and family life.
This is a study of the history of British ‘bad girls’. It explores the experiences of girls in the twentieth century juvenile justice system, and examines the processes leading to…
