The SAGE Handbook of Social Work

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.

PART ONE: WELFARE, SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL WORK Social work, social policy and welfarism - David GilTheorising welfare for social work - Mimi AbramovitzNew modalities of welfare governance - Robert P. Fairbanks II Welfare professionals and Street-level Bureaucrats - Sanford SchramGender and welfare - Mary DalyWelfare and social development - James MidgleyPART TWO: SOCIAL WORK PERSPECTIVES Practice perspectives - Pamela TrevithickEcological perspective - Gordon JackBehavioural perspectives - Eileen GambrillFamily perspectives - Jacqueline Corcoran Strengths perspectives - Patrick SullivanCritical perspectives - Karen Healy PART THREE: SOCIAL WORK PRACTICEKnowledge for reflective practice - Paula Doherty & Sue White Risk assessment and decision making - Eileen MunroIntegrative 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, ETHICSCodes 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 SommerfeldEvidence-based social work - Bruce Thyer Intervention research - Brian TaylorEvaluation 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 MattoCriminal 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 TaylorNew technologies for practice - Thomas Ley Service-user participation - Peter Beresford International social work - Narda Razack Social work in developing countries - Kwaku Osei-Hwedie, Morena RankopoThe politics of social work - Iain Ferguson Stirling