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.

PART ONE: WELFARE, SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL WORK Social work, social policy and welfarism - David GilTheorising welfare for social work - Mimi AbramovitzNew modalities of welfare governance - Robert P. Fairbanks II Welfare professionals and Street-level Bureaucrats - Sanford SchramGender and welfare - Mary DalyWelfare and social development - James MidgleyPART TWO: SOCIAL WORK PERSPECTIVES Practice perspectives - Pamela TrevithickEcological perspective - Gordon JackBehavioural perspectives - Eileen GambrillFamily perspectives - Jacqueline Corcoran Strengths perspectives - Patrick SullivanCritical perspectives - Karen Healy PART THREE: SOCIAL WORK PRACTICEKnowledge for reflective practice - Paula Doherty & Sue White Risk assessment and decision making - Eileen MunroIntegrative 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, ETHICSCodes 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 SommerfeldEvidence-based social work - Bruce Thyer Intervention research - Brian TaylorEvaluation 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 MattoCriminal 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 TaylorNew technologies for practice - Thomas Ley Service-user participation - Peter Beresford International social work - Narda Razack Social work in developing countries - Kwaku Osei-Hwedie, Morena RankopoThe politics of social work - Iain Ferguson Stirling