The SAGE Handbook of Social Work

This Handbook is the world′s first generic major reference work to provide an authoritative guide to the theory, method, and values of social work in one volume. Drawn from an international field of excellence, the contributors each offer a critical analysis of their individual area of expertise. The result is this invaluable resource collection that not only reflects upon the condition of social work today but also looks to future developments. Split into seven parts, the Handbook investigates: - Policy dimensions - Practice - Perspectives - Values and ethics - The context of social work - Research - Future challenges It is essential reading for all students, practitioners, researchers, and academics engaged in social work.

Table of Contents:
PART ONE: WELFARE, SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL WORK Social work, social policy and welfarism - David Gil Theorising welfare for social work - Mimi Abramovitz New modalities of welfare governance - Robert P. Fairbanks II Welfare professionals and Street-level Bureaucrats - Sanford Schram Gender and welfare - Mary Daly Welfare and social development - James Midgley PART TWO: SOCIAL WORK PERSPECTIVES Practice perspectives - Pamela Trevithick Ecological perspective - Gordon Jack Behavioural perspectives - Eileen Gambrill Family perspectives - Jacqueline Corcoran Strengths perspectives - Patrick Sullivan Critical perspectives - Karen Healy PART THREE: SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE Knowledge for reflective practice - Paula Doherty & Sue White Risk assessment and decision making - Eileen Munro Integrative psychotherapy - Marlene G. Cooper Crisis intervention and trauma work - Barry Cournoyer Empowering and transformative practice - Karen S. Haynes Macro-community practice - Keith Popple PART FOUR: SOCIAL WORK VALUES, ETHICS Codes of ethics - Frederick Reamer Ethical decision making - Donna McAuliffe Anti-oppressive practice - Lena Dominelli Feminist ethics of care - Brid Featherstone & Kate Morris Diversity and social work practice - Purnima Sundar Human rights and social justice - Richard Hugman PART FIVE: SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH Mapping the social work research agenda - Daniel Gredig, Ian Shaw and Peter Sommerfeld Evidence-based social work - Bruce Thyer Intervention research - Brian Taylor Evaluation research - Donald Forrester Qualitative social work research - Deborah Padgett Participatory action research - Mark Baldwin Systematic review - Elaine Sharland PART SIX: SOCIAL WORK IN CONTEXT Children and families - Stan Houston Mental health - Barbara Fawcett Older people - Nancy Hooyman Disability - Romel Mackelprang Immigrants and refugees - Doreen Elliott Drug and alcohol intervention - Holly Matto Criminal and juvenile justice - Nicola Carr Family support services - Steven Walker PART SEVEN: FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL WORK The future(s) of social work - Paul Michael Garrett Social work education - David Stoesz & H. Karger Interprofessional practice - Imogen Taylor New technologies for practice - Thomas Ley Service-user participation - Peter Beresford International social work - Narda Razack Social work in developing countries - Kwaku Osei-Hwedie, Morena Rankopo The politics of social work - Iain Ferguson Stirling

About the Author :
James Midgley is the Harry and Riva Specht Professor of Public Social Services and Dean Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. Originally from South Africa, he studied at the University of Cape Town and the London School of Economics and held academic appointments at both universities before moving to the United States 1985 where he served as as Dean of the School of Social Work and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at Louisiana State University. He accepted the appointment as Specht Professor and Dean of the School of Social Welfare Berkeley in 1997. He has published widely on issues of social development, social policy, social work and international social welfare. His major books include Professional Imperialism: Social Work in the Third World. Heinemann, 1981; Social Security, Inequality and the Third World, Wiley, 1984; Comparative Social Policy and the Third World, Harvester, 1987 (with Stewart MacPherson); The Social Dimensions of Development: Social Policy and Planning in the Third World, Gower, 1989 (with Margaret Hardiman); Social Development: The Developmental Perspective in Social Welfare, Sage, 1995; Social Welfare in Global Context, Sage, 1997; Social Policy for Development, Sage, 2004 (with Anthony Hall) and Social Development: Theory and Practice, Sage, 2014. In addition, he has edited or co-edited many books on international social welfare and social development. Among the most recent are Social Work and Social Development: Theories and Skills for Developmental Social Work, Oxford University Press, 2010 (with Amy Conley); Social Policy and Poverty in East Asia: The Role of Social Security, Routledge, 2010 (with K. L. Tang); Grassroots Social Security in Asia, Routledge, 2011 (with Mitsuhiko Hosaka); Colonialism and Welfare: Social Policy and the British Imperial Legacy. Edward Elgar, 2011 (with David Piachaud); Planning and Community Development: Case Studies. Madrid: Technical University of Madrid, GrupoGESPLAN-UPM, 2012 (with Adolfo Carzola); Social Protection, Economic Growth and Social Change: Goals, Issues and Trajectories in China, India, Brazil and Africa. Edward Elgar, 2013 (with David Piachaud); Social Protection in Southern Africa: New Opportunities for Social Development. Routledge, 2014 (with Leila Patel and Marian Ulricksen) and Social Policy and Social Change in East Asia. Lexington Books, 2014 (with James Lee and Yapeng Zhu). He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and holds Honorary Professorial appointments at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, Nihon Fukushi University in Japan, Sun Yat-sen University in China and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.   In 2008 Stephen Webb was appointed from the University of Sussex, UK to the University of Newcastle. He is Professor of Human Sciences and Director of the newly established Research Institute for Social Inclusion and Wellbeing (RISIW). Professor Webb is one of the worlds leading international researchers in the field of human services, Social Policy and is a pioneer of evidence-based practice research. His influential international research and publications since the late 1980s have significantly enriched the field of human services research by bringing innovative theoretical and methodological perspectives to the evaluation of social interventions and professional practice. His 2006 book Social Work in a Risk Society is widely acclaimed by international reviewers as demonstrating advanced scholarship and integrating sociological analysis to construct new conceptual and methodological frameworks in social work. His 2001 publication: ‘Some considerations on the validity of evidence-based practice in social work’, British Journal of Social Work, 31 (1), pp.57-79 is the world′s highest cited social work (field 1607) publication and ranked as the most influential journal article in the discipline over the past decade (Hodge et.al, 2011).

Review :
′This manual will be indispensable for anyone wishing to understand recent findings on common themes and different points of view in international social work. It presents a continued flow of practical orientation in easy to read contributions′ - Prof. Dr. Rainer Treptow, University of Tuebingen, Institute of Education ′This manual will be indispensable for anyone wishing to understand recent findings on common themes and different points of view in international social work. It presents a continued flow of practical orientation in easy to read contributions′ - Prof. Dr. Rainer Treptow, University of Tuebingen, Institute of Education