Research in Social Care and Social Welfare
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Research in Social Care and Social Welfare

Issues and Debates for Practice

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Research in Social Care and Social Welfare

Issues and Debates for Practice

About this book

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

Research in Social Work and Social Welfare highlights and questions the assumptions that underpin social research and examines the notions of power, ethics, language and representation in research. It questions, for example, the impact of research done by `the West' upon `the rest'. The book takes an international approach and promotes methods of research that are participative and `empowering' and seeks to widen the scope of methods used in social research. It will enable the reader to develop his or her own analytical and critical faculty and widen the scope of methods used in social research.

This volume will be an invaluable resource to students, researchers and practitioners using both quantitative and qualitative approaches.

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Table of contents

  1. Research in Social Care and Social Welfare: Issues and Debates for Practice
  2. Contents
  3. 1. Perspectives on Social Research
  4. 2. Collaborative Approaches to Research
  5. 3. Exploring Young People’s Experience of Immigration Controls: The Search for an Appropriate Methodology
  6. 4. Studying ‘Others’: Research and Representation
  7. 5. Case Studying Organisations: The Use of Quantitative Approaches
  8. 6. Disrupting Ethics in Social Research
  9. 7. Unusual Terms: What Do You Mean By…?
  10. 8. Casing the Joint: An Illegitimate Take on a Community of Care
  11. 9. Community Auditing: Appropriate Research Methods for Effective Youth and Community Work Intervention
  12. 10. Documentary and Text Analysis: Uncovering Meaning in a Worked Example
  13. 11. Hidden from History: Research and Romantic Friendship
  14. 12. Storytelling as Research
  15. 13. Demystifying the Doctorate: Why Do a PhD?
  16. The Contributors
  17. Subject Index
  18. Author Index