Research and Social Work in Time and Place: Crossing Boundaries

· Taylor & Francis
Ebook
544
Pages
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About this ebook

This volume, which brings together chapters and journal articles published by renowned academic Ian Shaw, focusses on the practice/research relationship within social work – a theme that has preoccupied much of his writing over the last 40 or more years. These pieces show the academic development of his understanding of the complexity and challenge of that relationship, as well as the shifts which have occurred in it over time.

Divided into four sections

  • Forming Professional Practice
  • Forming Social Work Research
  • Chicago, Sociology and Social Work
  • Critical Tributes and Debates

and comprised of 31 chapters, it will be of interest to all scholars of social work, and allied subjects, including sociology, allied health, social policy and disability studies.

About the author

Ian Shaw is Professor Emeritus in the School for Business and Society, University of York.

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