"There have been a lot of debates about social consructionism within the social sciences but there are not many books on the subject within the field of social work. This work is intended to fill that gap. It brings together those experts of social constructionist approaches who share a common interest in everyday practices of social work and in qualitative methods for analyzing those practices. The book comprises both theoretical/reflex ..."
"Child Welfare Removals by the State addresses a most important (but little-researched) legal proceeding: when the State intervenes in the private family sphere to remove children at risk to a place of safety, adoption, or in other forms of out-of-home care. It is an intervention into the private family sphere that is intrusive, contested, and a last resort. States' interventions in the family are decided within legal and political order ..."
"Nigel. Parton. The client in social work The client is at the core of social work. The
debate on social work, whether focusing on the profession, ethics, politics and
ideology or research, inevitably takes a stand on what is called the client-citizen.
This client-citizen is considered if not the only, then at least an essential target of
and motive for, social work. The same applies to other human service professions
. Their basis l ..."
"This book offers a representative sample of social work research in Finland, which is specifically aimed at an international audience. The book illustrates the development and application of the research methodological solutions and innovations of ten social work researhers. In addition, it includes a chapter analyzing the metholological tensions in current research. The 1990s has been a decade in which Finnish social work research has ..."