Private Troubles or Public Issues? - 9780367143251

Taylor & Francis

Private Troubles or Public Issues?Challenges for Social Work Research\nAuthor(s): Walter Lorenz, Ian Shaw\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367143251, 978-0367143251\nSynopsis\nThis book bears testimony to the value of a progressive form of academisation of social work education in most European countries, including former communist countries which had to re-establish social work education. It also manifests the confidence of contributors in belonging to a serious academic discipline, and the fruitfulness of bringing research home from neighbouring disciplines such as sociology, psychology, social policy, or pedagogy into the mainstream of social work. \n\nThe contributions to this book converge on a small number of core issues for contemporary social work. These are methodologically the conceptualisation of different and interacting dimensions of diversity, and practically the defence of professionalism and disc.