Research in social care and social welfare : issues and debates for practice / edited by Beth Humphries.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Humphries, Beth, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Research--Methodology.

Social service.

Physical Description:

176 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This important book explores the links between research, evidence-based practice and policy in social care. Basing their chapters in case-study material, the contributors examine the issues arising from qualitative and quantitative methodologies, critique orthodox views of ethics and offer examples of innovative social research methods.

Contents:

Intro

Research in Social Care and Social Welfare: Issues and Debates for Practice

Contents

1. Perspectives on Social Research

2. Collaborative Approaches to Research

3. Exploring Young People's Experience of Immigration Controls: The Search for an Appropriate Methodology

4. Studying 'Others': Research and Representation

5. Case Studying Organisations: The Use of Quantitative Approaches

6. Disrupting Ethics in Social Research

7. Unusual Terms: What Do You Mean By…?

8. Casing the Joint: An Illegitimate Take on a Community of Care

9. Community Auditing: Appropriate Research Methods for Effective Youth and Community Work Intervention

10. Documentary and Text Analysis: Uncovering Meaning in a Worked Example

11. Hidden from History: Research and Romantic Friendship

12. Storytelling as Research

13. Demystifying the Doctorate: Why Do a PhD?

The Contributors

Subject Index

Author Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781846422690

1846422698

9781417504503

1417504501

OCLC:

923646500