In this essay, the authors consider the challenge made by two keynote speakers at recent
social work research conferences, one in the United States and the other in Europe. Both …

" What a sensible book, a book born of much wisdom and practical experience. Pamela
Trevithick takes the reader on a wonderfully clear but thorough journey of social work's …

Paul Michael Garrett's Social work and social theory is a wonderfully rich reflection on the
uses of social theory to critically contextualize social work practice. Drawing on a wide range …

Modern-day politics has much to learn from social work values. It is well understood in our
field that cooperation is a craft and its foundations lay in learning to listen well and discuss …

Capitalism has made rationality into a pervasive feature of human action and yet, far from
heralding a loss of emotionality, capitalist culture has been accompanied with an …

How can human beings best live well in the world today? This question evokes a contested
space wherein age-old contentions arise regarding the purpose and meaning of life and …

This is a review article of the substantial sociological literature on individualization. It is
especially concerned with empirical research that questions the largely theoretical claims of …

A number of writers, located within the field of social work, have suggested that the ethics
and politics of recognition provide a body of theorization that can assist social workers in …

Qualitative methods have become increasingly popular among researchers, and while many
comprehensive textbooks describe the standard techniques and philosophical assumptions …

In the early years of the 21st century the policy of personalisation has been actively pursued
across all four British countries. Drawing on the work of the disability movement …