http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
The Social Construction of Social Work Theory. Introduction the starting point --Cultural differences in social work theories -- The argument of the book: social work is socially constructed -- Defining a social worker -- Defining a client -- Defining the context of social work -- Social work and its theory: the organisation of the book -- The naturalisation of social work theory -- Using Social Work Theory in Practice. The pragmatic argument -- The positivist debate -- Putting theories together: eclecticism -- Theory and practice -- Analysis of social work theories -- Psychodynamic Models. Connections -- Some basic psychoanalytic ideas -- Psychoanalysis and social work -- Hollis and Woods: psychosocial therapy -- Alternative psychodynamic formulations of social work -- Therapeutic environments: an application to residential care.
Crisis Intervention and Task-Centred Models. Connections -- Crisis intervention: Naomi Golan -- Task-centred casework: Reid and Epstein -- Task-centred practice -- Commentary Behavioural Models. Connections -- Behavioural approaches in social work: Fischer and Gochros -- Behavioural social work practice -- Group behavioural techniques -- Residential work -- Commentary -- Systems and Ecological Models. Systems theory - basic concepts -- Applying systems theory to social work practice: Pincus and Minahan -- Ecological systems theory: the life model -- Networking and social support systems -- Commentary -- Social Psychological and Communication Models. Connections -- Role theory -- Communication theory in social work -- Commentry -- Humanist and Existential Models. Connections -- Some humanist influences on social work -- Existential social work: Krill -- Commentary -- Cognitive Models. Connections -- Social learning and change: Goldstein -- Commentary -- Radical and Marxist Approaches. Connections -- A Marxist perspective on social work: Corrigan and Leonard -- Feminist and non-sexist social work -- Commentary.
Empowerment and Advocacy. Connections -- Advocacy -- Black empowerment: Barbara Solomon -- Learned helplessness theory -- Commentary -- Assessing Social Work Theories. Different uses of theory -- Using research to assess theory -- Changing theoretical responses to social contexts -- Theoretical trends -- The naturalisation of social work theory -- ... Important share features of social work theories.
Malcolm Payne ; foreword by Stephen C. Anderson.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and index.