Practice and Research in Social Work: Postmodern Feminist Perspe

Taylor & Francis

Appraises key issues in the contested fields of postmodernism and feminism, focusing on applications in relation to practice, research and education in social work. > Although postmodernist theory has been related to and explored in sociology and social policy, this book is amongst the first to apply the theories to social work, and relate them to current debates. Contributors come from the UK, Australia, South Africa and Canada and many have professional experience as social workers. They appraise the key issues in the contested field of postmodernism and feminism and focus on their applications to practice, research and education in social work. > Notes on contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 Setting the scene: an appraisal of notions of postmodernism, postmodernity and postmodern feminism, 2 The postmodern feminist condition: new conditions for social work, 3 Reading the texts: postmodern feminism and the \u2018doing\u2019 of research, 4 Researching disability: mer