LEADER 03771oam 2200589I 450 001 9910954000703321 005 20251117090026.0 010 $a1-351-90595-3 010 $a1-138-26999-9 010 $a1-315-24507-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315245072 035 $a(CKB)3710000001081648 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4816842 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4816842 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11356025 035 $a(OCoLC)975224930 035 $a(OCoLC)974642003 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB139696 035 $a(BIP)63375904 035 $a(BIP)9107683 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001081648 100 $a20180706e20162004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aReflecting on social work-discipline and profession /$fedited by Robin Lovelock, Karen Lyons, Jackie Powell 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (263 pages) 225 1 $aContemporary Social Work Studies 300 $aFirst published 2004 by Ashgate Publishing. 311 08$a0-7546-1905-2 311 08$a1-351-90596-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Social work, the public sphere and civil society / Bill Jordan and Nigel Parton -- 2. The McDonaldization of social work : or 'Come back Florence Hollis, all is (or should be) forgiven' / Adrian L. James -- 3. The politics of social work research / Jan Butler and Richard Pugh -- 4. Gender and knowledge in social work / Karen Lyons and Imogen Taylor -- 5. Social work research and the partnership agenda / Steve Trevillion -- 6. Taking sides : social work research as a moral and political activity / Beth Humphries -- 7. Qualitative research and social work : the methodological repertoire in a practice-oriented discipline / Nick Gould -- 8. Research as an element in social work's ongoing search for identity / Walter Lorenz -- 9. 'Knowing how to go on' : towards situated practice and emergent theory in social work / Jeremy Kearney -- 10. Habermas/Foucault for social work : practices of critical reflection / Robin Lovelock and Jackie Powell. 330 $aSocial work has always been a contested activity and its status as an academic discipline remains uncertain. There is currently renewed interest in the theoretical and research dimensions of social work, at a time when significant changes in the broad social, political and economic context in which practice takes place require a re-evaluation of social work's role and a re-examination of its identity. This timely book brings together leading social work academics to examine the state of social work at the beginning of the 21st century. With their focus on the relationships between research, theory and practice, they reflect critically on the nature of social work as a discipline in higher education and the importance of this to the profession as a whole. The book represents an exploratory conversation among social work academics about the current state and future aspirations of the discipline and the profession. It aims to stimulate wider debate about the dominant constraints and opportunities for social work in the 21st century. 410 0$aContemporary social work studies. 606 $aSocial service$zGreat Britain 615 0$aSocial service 676 $a361.3/0941 701 $aLovelock$b Robin$f1946-$01865879 701 $aLyons$b Karen$f1944-$0965270 701 $aPowell$b Jackie$f1946-$01865880 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954000703321 996 $aReflecting on social work-discipline and profession$94473104 997 $aUNINA