Reflecting on Social Work - Discipline and Profession (Contemporary Social Work Studies) - Softcover

Lyons, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138269999 ISBN 13: 9781138269996

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

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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About the Author

Robin Lovelock is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, UK, Karen Lyons at the London Metropolitan University, UK and Jackie Powell is a Reader in Social Work Studies at the University of Southampton, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138269999
• ISBN 13: 9781138269996
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Lovelock Robin