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  • The Routledge Handbook of International Critical Social Work

    New Perspectives and Agendas

    Edited by Stephen A. Webb ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    The Routledge Handbook of International Critical Social Work is a companion volume to the Routledge Handbook of Critical Social Work. It brings together world-leading scholars in the field to provide additional, in-depth and provocative consideration of alternative and progressive ways of thinking about social work.Critical social work is increasingly involved in a global conversation, and as a ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Social Work in a Risk Society

    Social and Political Perspectives

    by Stephen A. Webb ...
    This path-breaking text constructs a new way of thinking about social work based on contemporary social theory. Working in a counter-tradition that is suspicious of a number of governing ideas and practices in social work, it draws on themes from Beck, Giddens, Rose to explore the impact of risk society and neo liberalism on social work. ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Ethics and Value Perspectives in Social Work

    by Mel Gray, Stephen A. Webb ...
    This agenda setting text explores a broad range of value perspectives and their impact on and contribution to social work thinking on ethics. Including new perspectives, such as Islam, and drawing on international contributors, this is essential reading for all social work students studying ethics and values. ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The SAGE Handbook of Social Work

    Edited by Mel Gray, James O. Midgley, Stephen A Webb ...
    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 ... Read more

    $118.79 USD

  • Professional Identity and Social Work

    Edited by Stephen A. Webb ...
    How are identities formed among social workers, many of whom perform complex, challenging and ambiguous public sector functions on a regular basis? Why does identity come to matter for professional social work? This book, the first of its kind in the field, examines professional identity in relation to social work by asking how practitioners think of themselves as a "social worker", a professional ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

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    by Justin Dillon, Meg Maguire ...
    This fourth edition is inspiring reading for prospective, trainee and new teachers, tutors and mentors, working with young people. ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Understanding Research with Children and Young People

    Edited by Alison Clark, Rosie Flewitt, Martyn Hammersley, Martin Robb ...
    Series series Published in association with The Open University
    How do views about children shape research concerned with their lives? What different forms can research with children take? What ethical issues does it involve? How does it impact on policy and practice, and on the lives of children themselves?This book helps you to understand how research is designed and carried out to explore questions about the lives of children and young people. It tackles ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Decolonising the University

    Edited by Gurminder K. Bhambra, Dalia Gebrial, Kerem Nişancıoğlu ...
    In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town demanded the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes, the imperialist, racist business magnate, from their campus. The battle cry '#RhodesMustFall' sparked an international movement calling for the decolonisation of the world's universities.Today, as this movement grows, how will it radically transform the terms upon which universities exist? In this ... Read more

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  • At Risk

    Social Justice in Child Welfare and Other Human Services

    by Karen Swift, Marilyn Callahan ...
    In At Risk, Karen J. Swift and Marilyn Callahan examine risk and risk assessment in the context of professional practice in child protection, social work, and other human services. They argue that the tools, technologies, and practices used to measure risk to the individual have gone unquestioned and unstudied and that current methods of risk assessment may be distorting the principles of social ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Human Rights and Social Work

    Towards Rights-Based Practice

    by Jim Ife, Karen Soldatić, Linda Briskman ...
    Human Rights and Social Work: Towards Rights-Based Practice helps students and practitioners understand how human rights concepts underpin the social work profession and inform their practice. This book examines the three generations of human rights and the systems of oppression that prevent citizens from participating in society as equals. It explores a range of topics, from ethics and ethical ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • The Politics of Evidence

    From evidence-based policy to the good governance of evidence

    by Justin Parkhurst ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy
    The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.There has been an enormous increase in interest in the use of evidence for public policymaking, but the vast majority of work on the subject has failed to engage with the political nature of decision making and how ... Read more

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  • Global Citizenship Education: A Critical Introduction to Key Concepts and Debates

    by Edda Sant, Lynette Shultz, Dr Ian Davies, Dr Karen Pashby ...
    Global Citizenship Education explores key ideas and issues within local, national and global dimensions. Including examples and case studies from across the world, the authors draw on ideas, experiences and histories within and beyond 'the West' to contribute to multifaceted perspectives on global citizenship education.In concise chapters, the authors set out the key concepts and debates within ... Read more

    $29.99 USD