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Social Work Theories in Context: Creating Frameworks for Practice
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- Subject Area
- Social Work
- MPN
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- ISBN
- 9781137024244
- Publication Name
- Social Work Theories in Context : Creating Frameworks for Practice
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan The Limited
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Features
- New Edition
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 13.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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This popular and innovative core text book explores contemporary social work theories and perspectives in a systematic way, using an integrated and flexible framework to link context, theory, and practice approaches. Healy expertly provides an applied guide to social work theory across a range of organisational contexts, showing social work as a diverse activity that is profoundly shaped by professional purpose, public policy, and practice locations. This is ideal reading to support and develop undergraduate and postgraduate students taking modules on Social Work Theories and Methods on qualifying professional programmes. Its international breadth and supportive pedagogical features have ensured the book's value to students of social work all over the world.
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan The Limited
ISBN-10
1137024240
ISBN-13
9781137024244
eBay Product ID (ePID)
176390222
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Social Work Theories in Context : Creating Frameworks for Practice
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
New Edition
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
H1-970.9
Edition Description
New Edition
Edition Number
2
Reviews
"...[Healy] provides a very usable, easily readable guide to the application of theories to pracitce, and incorporates some thoughtful consideration of service users' rights and perspective that are very relevant to advocacy efforts." - Margarete Parrish, The Higher Education Academy ( Social Policy and Social Work ), "...[Healy] provides a very usable, easily readable guide to the application of theories to pracitce, and incorporates some thoughtful consideration of service users' rights and perspective that are very relevant to advocacy efforts." - Margarete Parrish, The Higher Education Academy (Social Policy and Social Work)
Table of Content
Dedication Acknowledgements Preface PART I: STARTING POINTS 1. Introduction: Social Work Theories in Context PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT OF PRACTICE 2. Dominant Discourses 3. Professional Discourses 4. Alternative Discourses PART III: THEORIES IN USE 5. Theory Use in Practice 6. Systems Theories 7. Problem-Solving Approaches 8. Strengths and Solution Focused Practice 9. Empowerment Theory 10. Critical Social Work Theory 11. Postmodernism 12. Conclusion Bibliography Index.
Copyright Date
2014
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Social Work, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
Lccn
2014-018676
Dewey Decimal
361.301
Dewey Edition
23/Eng/20211130
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Political Science
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