| Foreword |
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List of Figures and Tables |
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| Preface and Acknowledgements |
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1 The Social Construction of Social Work Theory |
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1 | (25) |
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The politics of social work and its practice `theories' |
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4 | (3) |
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Cultural differences in social work `theories' |
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7 | (5) |
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13 | (8) |
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Social work construction and the construction of `theory' |
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21 | (3) |
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24 | (2) |
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2 Using Social Work Theory in Practice |
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What this chapter is about |
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26 | (1) |
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What are social work practice `theories'? |
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26 | (8) |
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Social work and related theories |
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34 | (7) |
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The politics of social work theory and application |
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41 | (7) |
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Thinking theoretically in practice |
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48 | (9) |
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Analyses of social work theories |
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57 | (14) |
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71 | (1) |
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3 Psychodynamic Perspectives |
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72 | (23) |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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72 | (4) |
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76 | (3) |
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The politics of psychodynamic theory |
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77 | (2) |
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Woods and Hollis: psychosocial therapy |
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79 | (6) |
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Alternative psychodynamic formulations of social work |
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85 | (5) |
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Therapeutic environments: an application to residential care |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (4) |
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4 Crisis Intervention and Task-centred Models |
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95 | (19) |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (2) |
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The politics of crisis and task-centred theory |
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98 | (1) |
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Crisis intervention: Naomi Golan |
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99 | (5) |
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Task-centred casework: Reid and Epstein |
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104 | (8) |
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112 | (2) |
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5 Cognitive-behavioural Theories |
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114 | (23) |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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114 | (6) |
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120 | (2) |
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The politics of cognitive-behavioural theory |
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122 | (2) |
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Sheldon: cognitive-behavioural therapy |
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124 | (8) |
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Group and community behavioural techniques |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (2) |
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6 Systems and Ecological Perspectives |
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137 | (20) |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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The politics of systems theory |
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140 | (1) |
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Applying systems theory to social work practice: Pincus and Minahan |
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141 | (2) |
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Ecological systems theory: the life model |
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143 | (7) |
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Networking and social support systems |
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150 | (2) |
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Atherton: systems in residential care |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (4) |
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7 Social Psychological and Communication Models |
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157 | (17) |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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The politics of social psychological and communication models |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (4) |
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Communication theory in social work |
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164 | (7) |
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171 | (3) |
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8 Humanist and Existential Perspectives |
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174 | (24) |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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The politics of humanist and existential theory |
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176 | (2) |
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Some humanist influences on social work |
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178 | (8) |
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Glassman and Kates: humanistic groupwork |
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186 | (4) |
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Thompson: existentialism and social work |
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190 | (5) |
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195 | (3) |
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9 Social and Community Development |
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198 | (16) |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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198 | (4) |
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202 | (2) |
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The politics of social and community development |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (2) |
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Midgley: social development |
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208 | (5) |
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213 | (1) |
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10 Radical and Marxist Perspectives |
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214 | (24) |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (3) |
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The politics of radical social work |
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218 | (3) |
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Mullaly: structural social work |
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221 | (6) |
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227 | (6) |
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233 | (1) |
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233 | (5) |
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11 Anti-discriminatory and Anti-oppressive Perspectives |
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238 | (28) |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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238 | (2) |
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240 | (6) |
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The politics of anti-oppressive theory |
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246 | (8) |
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Hanmer and Statham: women-centred work |
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254 | (4) |
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Dalrymple and Burke: anti-oppressive practice |
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258 | (4) |
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262 | (4) |
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12 Empowerment and Advocacy |
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266 | (20) |
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Wider theoretical perspectives |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (8) |
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The politics of empowerment and advocacy |
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275 | (1) |
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Black empowerment: Barbara Solomon |
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276 | (4) |
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Mullender and Ward: self-directed groupwork |
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280 | (3) |
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Learned helplessness theory |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (2) |
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13 Assessing Social Work Theories |
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286 | (13) |
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Evaluating social work theories |
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286 | (8) |
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294 | (3) |
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The future politics of social work theory |
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297 | (2) |
| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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