ABSTRACT

Social Theory, Social Change and Social Work has two inter-related themes. First to account for and analyse current changes in social work and secondly, to assess how far recent developments in social theory can contribute to their interpretation. Representing the work of a range of academics all involved in research and teaching in relation to social work, it considers issues of central significance to everyone interested in the theory, policy, and practice of social work.

chapter |25 pages

After social work?

chapter |20 pages

Telling tales

Probation in the Contemporary Social Formation

chapter |20 pages

Social Work with Children and Families

From Child Welfare to Child Protection

chapter |18 pages

Regulation for Radicals

The State, Ccetsw and the Academy