Beth Humphries

Social Work Research for Social Justice (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Campling, Jo

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Students of social work need to understand the contribution of research, as part of this evidence base, to effective practice. This textbook introduces students to a range of research methods at a practical level and sensitises them to the political dimension of research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137021724
• Artikelnr.: 62717088

Autorenporträt

Beth Humphries is a writer and researcher who has practised, taught and studied social work for many years. She has worked in universities across the UK and is currently a visiting professor at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her special research interest is in social work, immigration control and asylum and she has published extensively in this field.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Social Work Research as a contentious practice.- Ethical Social Work Research Practice and Social Justice.- Experimental Ways of Knowing.- Participatory Research.- Action Research.- Case Study Research.- Critical Social Research.- Discourse Analytic Research.- Ethnographic Research.- Social Surveys.- Evaluation Research.- Conclusion.