Modern social work theory : a critical introduction /
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Chicago, IL :
Lyceum Books,
©1991.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.