The SAGE Handbook of Social Work

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-84920-751-5
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 808 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 1547 g

This Handbook is the world's first generic major reference work to provide an authoritative guide to the theory, method, and values of social work in one volume.

Drawn from an international field of excellence, the contributors each offer a critical analysis of their individual area of expertise. The result is this invaluable resource collection that not only reflects upon the condition of social work today but also looks to future developments.

Split into seven parts, the Handbook investigates:

- Policy dimensions
- Practice
- Perspectives

- Values and ethics
- The context of social work
- Research
- Future challenges

It is essential reading for all students, practitioners, researchers, and academics engaged in social work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gray, Mel

Midgley, James O.

Webb, Stephen A

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: WELFARE, SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL WORK

Social work, social policy and welfarism - David Gil
Theorising welfare for social work - Mimi Abramovitz
New modalities of welfare governance - Robert P. Fairbanks II

Welfare professionals and Street-level Bureaucrats - Sanford Schram
Gender and welfare - Mary Daly
Welfare and social development - James Midgley
PART TWO: SOCIAL WORK PERSPECTIVES

Practice perspectives - Pamela Trevithick
Ecological perspective - Gordon Jack
Behavioural perspectives - Eileen Gambrill
Family perspectives - Jacqueline Corcoran

Strengths perspectives - Patrick Sullivan
Critical perspectives - Karen Healy

PART THREE: SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
Knowledge for reflective practice - Paula Doherty & Sue White

Risk assessment and decision making - Eileen Munro
Integrative psychotherapy - Marlene G. Cooper

Crisis intervention and trauma work - Barry Cournoyer

Empowering and transformative practice - Karen S. Haynes

Macro-community practice - Keith Popple

PART FOUR: SOCIAL WORK VALUES, ETHICS
Codes of ethics - Frederick Reamer

Ethical decision making - Donna McAuliffe

Anti-oppressive practice - Lena Dominelli

Feminist ethics of care - Brid Featherstone & Kate Morris

Diversity and social work practice - Purnima Sundar

Human rights and social justice - Richard Hugman

PART FIVE: SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH

Mapping the social work research agenda - Daniel Gredig, Ian Shaw and Peter Sommerfeld
Evidence-based social work - Bruce Thyer

Intervention research - Brian Taylor
Evaluation research - Donald Forrester

Qualitative social work research - Deborah Padgett

Participatory action research - Mark Baldwin

Systematic review - Elaine Sharland

PART SIX: SOCIAL WORK IN CONTEXT

Children and families - Stan Houston

Mental health - Barbara Fawcett

Older people - Nancy Hooyman

Disability - Romel Mackelprang

Immigrants and refugees - Doreen Elliott

Drug and alcohol intervention - Holly Matto
Criminal and juvenile justice - Nicola Carr

Family support services - Steven Walker

PART SEVEN: FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL WORK

The future(s) of social work - Paul Michael Garrett

Social work education - David Stoesz & H. Karger

Interprofessional practice - Imogen Taylor
New technologies for practice - Thomas Ley

Service-user participation - Peter Beresford

International social work - Narda Razack

Social work in developing countries - Kwaku Osei-Hwedie, Morena Rankopo
The politics of social work - Iain Ferguson Stirling

Über Autor(innen)

Webb, Stephen A
In 2008 Stephen Webb was appointed from the University of Sussex, UK to the University of Newcastle. He is Professor of Human Sciences and Director of the newly established Research Institute for Social Inclusion and Wellbeing (RISIW). Professor Webb is one of the worlds leading international researchers in the field of human services, Social Policy and is a pioneer of evidence-based practice research. His influential international research and publications since the late 1980s have significantly enriched the field of human services research by bringing innovative theoretical and methodological perspectives to the evaluation of social interventions and professional practice. His 2006 book Social Work in a Risk Society is widely acclaimed by international reviewers as demonstrating advanced scholarship and integrating sociological analysis to construct new conceptual and methodological frameworks in social work. His 2001 publication: ‘Some considerations on the validity of evidence-based practice in social work’, British Journal of Social Work, 31 (1), pp.57-79 is the world's highest cited social work (field 1607) publication and ranked as the most influential journal article in the discipline over the past decade (Hodge et.al, 2011).

Midgley, James O.
James Midgley is the Harry and Riva Specht Professor of Public Social Services and Dean Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. Originally from South Africa, he studied at the University of Cape Town and the London School of Economics and held academic appointments at both universities before moving to the United States 1985 where he served as as Dean of the School of Social Work and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at Louisiana State University. He accepted the appointment as Specht Professor and Dean of the School of Social Welfare Berkeley in 1997.

He has published widely on issues of social development, social policy, social work and international social welfare. His major books include Professional Imperialism: Social Work in the Third World. Heinemann, 1981; Social Security, Inequality and the Third World, Wiley, 1984; Comparative Social Policy and the Third World, Harvester, 1987 (with Stewart MacPherson); The Social Dimensions of Development: Social Policy and Planning in the Third World, Gower, 1989 (with Margaret Hardiman); Social Development: The Developmental Perspective in Social Welfare, Sage, 1995; Social Welfare in Global Context, Sage, 1997; Social Policy for Development, Sage, 2004 (with Anthony Hall) and Social Development: Theory and Practice, Sage, 2014.

In addition, he has edited or co-edited many books on international social welfare and social development. Among the most recent are Social Work and Social Development: Theories and Skills for Developmental Social Work, Oxford University Press, 2010 (with Amy Conley); Social Policy and Poverty in East Asia: The Role of Social Security, Routledge, 2010 (with K. L. Tang); Grassroots Social Security in Asia, Routledge, 2011 (with Mitsuhiko Hosaka); Colonialism and Welfare: Social Policy and the British Imperial Legacy. Edward Elgar, 2011 (with David Piachaud); Planning and Community Development: Case Studies. Madrid: Technical University of Madrid, GrupoGESPLAN-UPM, 2012 (with Adolfo Carzola); Social Protection, Economic Growth and Social Change: Goals, Issues and Trajectories in China, India, Brazil and Africa. Edward Elgar, 2013 (with David Piachaud); Social Protection in Southern Africa: New Opportunities for Social Development. Routledge, 2014 (with Leila Patel and Marian Ulricksen) and Social Policy and Social Change in East Asia. Lexington Books, 2014 (with James Lee and Yapeng Zhu).

He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and holds Honorary Professorial appointments at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, Nihon Fukushi University in Japan, Sun Yat-sen University in China and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

James Midgley is the Harry and Riva Specht Professor of Public Social Services and Dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to Social Welfare in Global Context which was published by Sage in 1997, he has published widely on issues international social work and social welfare. He is particularly well known for his work on social work and social policy in the developing world and he is widely regarded as a pioneer of this field. His most important books dealing with social work and social welfare in the developing countries include: Professional Imperialism: Social Work in the Third World, Heinemann.1981; The Social Dimensions of Development; Social Policy and Planning in the Third World, Wiley, 1982 (with M. Hardiman); Social Security, Inequality and the Third World, Wiley 1984; Comparative Social Policy and the Third World (with S. MacPherson) Harvester, 1987; Social Development: The Developmental Perspective in Social Welfare. Sage, 1995; and Social Policy for Development (with A. Hall, Sage, 2004). Professional Imperialism and Social Security, Inequality and the Third World were among the first to address issues of social work and Social Security in the developing countries.

Midgley is also a pioneer in the field of international social work. He formulated the proposal for Profiles in International Social Work, one of the first books dealing with international social work which was co-edited with M. C. Hokenstad and Shanti K. Khinduka and published by NASW Press for the World Social Work Congress in 1992. Subsequently, he published two additional books with M. C. Hokenstad on international social work for NASW Press. These are Issues in International Social Work (1997) and Lessons from Abroad: Adapting International Social Welfare Innovations (2004). Midgley’s graduate textbook Social Welfare in Global Context which was published by Sage in 1997 has been widely adopted.

His other recent books include: The Handbook of Social Policy (with M. Tracy and M. Livermore) Sage, 2000; Controversial Issues in Social Policy (with Howard Karger and Brene Brown, Allyn & Bacon, 2003), and Lessons from Abroad: Adapting International Social Welfare Innovations. (With M. C. Hokenstad NASW Press, 2004).