Improving Social Intervention - Changing Social Policy and Social Work Practice Through Research

This book, first published in 1983, considers the whole problem of how social research can lead to improvement in practice in social policy and social work. This title will be of interest to students of the Sociology, Education and Social Policy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - John Spencer: An Appreciation Susan Sinclair; Part One: Research and Policy-Making; 1. Comparative Social Policy and the Politics of Comparison Roy Parker 2. Research and Policy in the Personal Social Services Olive Stevenson 3. Law Reform and Social Change: Community and Society, SOCIAL Work and Social WORK Hans Mohr; Part Two: Policy and Practice; 4. Knowledge and City Planning: A Case Study of the Role of the Environmental Health Officer Norman Dennis 5. Anomie, Ritualism and Inertia among Custodial Staff in Canadian Prisons: Some Implications for Research and Policy Terence Willett 6. The Myth of Preventing Delinquency through Early Identification and Intervention Jack Byles 7. Theory and Practice in Juvenile Justice: The Phenomenological Paradigm Stewart Asquith 8. Orientations to the Meaning of Help: Research and Implications Ben Shapiro 9. Social Work, Policy, Government and Research: A Mildly Optimistic View Gilbert Smith; Part Three: Conclusions; 10. Policy, Practice and Research: An Overview Alex Robertson and John Gandy

Über den Autor / die Autorin

John Gandy, Alex Robertson, Susan Sinclair

Zusammenfassung

This book, first published in 1983, considers the whole problem of how social research can lead to improvement in practice in social policy and social work. This title will be of interest to students of the Sociology, Education and Social Policy.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John Robertson Gandy
• Mitarbeit: John Gandy (Herausgeber), Gandy John (Herausgeber), Alex Robertson (Herausgeber), Robertson Alex (Herausgeber), Susan Sinclair (Herausgeber), Sinclair Susan (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.04.2017
• EAN: 9781138236752
• ISBN: 978-1-138-23675-2
• Seiten: 288
• Serien: Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Education; Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Education
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social welfare & social services, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Social welfare, social policy and social services