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Book SynopsisStephen A. Webb is Professor of Social Work, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. Recent books include Evidence-based Social Work (with Gray & Plath, Routledge 2009), Social Work Theories and Methods (with Gray, Sage 2013), and the Sage Handbook of Social Work (with Gray & Midgley, 2012). Webb's critical analysis 'Considerations on the validity of evidence-based practice in social work' (2001) is the world's most cited article in the field and the most influential publication in social work over the last ten years (Hodges et al., 2011). Mel Gray is Professor of Social Work and Research Professor in the Research Institute of Advanced Study for Humanity at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She is Joint Editor of Australian Social Work and is on the editorial boards for several international journals. Her interests range from creativity, morality, spirituality and theory and philosophy in social work to experiential social work education.
Trade ReviewThe book aims to ‘devise a ‘new politics’ for social work in the belief that [the field] bears a public responsibility to confront injustice while seeking justice for all … A key contribution of the book is its potential to stimulate debate … Readers will find instructive examples of practice and policy aimed at developing and delivering values-based practice in today’s austere human services environment. * James Kennerly Nash, Kevin Cherry, Ben Anderson-Nathe, Miranda Cunningham and Ericka Kimball, Social Work, Vol. 61 (4) *
Table of ContentsPART I: NEW AGENDAS FOR SOCIAL WORK Towards a 'New Politics' of Social Work M.Gray and S.A.Webb A History of Critical and Radical Social Work; B.Pease Mapping the Theoretical and Political Terrain of Social Work; P.M.Garrett Social Work and the Politics of Recognition; S. Houston PART II: POLITICALLY INFORMED SOCIAL WORK PRACTICES Critically Reflexive Practice; C. Taylor Critical Management; John Lawler Critical Best Practice; H.Ferguson Critical Discourse Analysis; G.Marston PART III: TRANSFORMATIVE SOCIAL WORK PRACTICES New Practices of Empowerment; V.Cree Rights-based International Social Work Practice; R.Hugman Femocratic Childcare Governance; T.Findlay Social orkers as Agents of Change; I.Ferguson The Speculative Left and New Politics of Social Work; M.Gray and S.A.Webb.
