Preface | p. xi |
Acknowledgements | p. xiv |
Introduction | p. xv |
The need for practitioners to theorize | p. xv |
Beginning with practice | p. xvi |
Outline of the chapters | p. xvii |
Making Sense of Theory | p. 1 |
Theory into practice | p. 2 |
The role of theory | p. 3 |
Introduction | p. 3 |
What is theory? | p. 4 |
Why is theory important? | p. 6 |
Flawed theory | p. 11 |
Integrating theory and practice | p. 15 |
Conclusion | p. 19 |
Points to ponder | p. 19 |
Further reading | p. 19 |
Theory and postmodernism | p. 20 |
Introduction | p. 20 |
The rejection of positivism | p. 21 |
The Siren call of postmodernism | p. 25 |
The rocks of postmodernism | p. 27 |
Beyond postmodernism | p. 36 |
Conclusion | p. 37 |
Points to ponder | p. 38 |
Further reading | p. 38 |
Practices redefined | p. 39 |
Introduction | p. 39 |
Conceptualizing social work | p. 40 |
Social work in international context | p. 46 |
Professionalism and the managerialist challenge | p. 47 |
Conclusion | p. 55 |
Points to ponder | p. 56 |
Further reading | p. 56 |
Making Sense of Practice | p. 57 |
Dimensions of the social work world | p. 58 |
The person | p. 59 |
Introduction | p. 59 |
Identity | p. 60 |
Subjectivity, objectivity and narrative | p. 66 |
Time and change | p. 71 |
Conclusion | p. 74 |
Points to ponder | p. 74 |
Further reading | p. 74 |
Interpersonal interactions | p. 75 |
Introduction | p. 75 |
Intersubjectivity | p. 76 |
Communication | p. 81 |
Consensus, conflict and power | p. 87 |
Conclusion | p. 90 |
Points to ponder | p. 91 |
Further reading | p. 91 |
Group dynamics and intergroup relations | p. 92 |
Introduction | p. 92 |
Groups in context | p. 93 |
Group processes | p. 94 |
In groups and out groups | p. 102 |
Groupwork | p. 104 |
Partnership and teamwork | p. 105 |
Conclusion | p. 106 |
Points to ponder | p. 107 |
Further reading | p. 107 |
Cultural contexts | p. 108 |
Introduction | p. 108 |
What is culture? | p. 109 |
The benefits of culture | p. 114 |
The drawbacks of culture | p. 116 |
Equality and diversity | p. 120 |
Conclusion | p. 121 |
Points to ponder | p. 122 |
Further reading | p. 122 |
Sociopolitical structures and processes | p. 123 |
Introduction | p. 123 |
Social work as a psychosocial enterprise | p. 124 |
Social divisions | p. 126 |
Social and political processes | p. 130 |
Power revisited | p. 134 |
Conclusion | p. 137 |
Points to ponder | p. 138 |
Further reading | p. 138 |
The organizational context | p. 139 |
Introduction | p. 139 |
Organizational culture | p. 140 |
Structures, strategies and policies | p. 146 |
Influencing organizations | p. 150 |
Conclusion | p. 153 |
Points to ponder | p. 154 |
Further reading | p. 154 |
Morality and ideology | p. 155 |
Introduction | p. 155 |
Social work as a moral-political activity | p. 156 |
The social work value base | p. 158 |
Values, 'habitus' and culture | p. 160 |
Discourse and ideology | p. 163 |
Conclusion | p. 168 |
Points to ponder | p. 170 |
Further reading | p. 170 |
Developing Theory | p. 171 |
Taking theory forward | p. 172 |
Developing coherence: drawing on existentialism | p. 173 |
Introduction | p. 173 |
The importance of coherence | p. 174 |
Existentialist theory | p. 180 |
Existentialist practice | p. 183 |
Conclusion | p. 187 |
Points to ponder | p. 189 |
Further reading | p. 189 |
The linguistic turn | p. 190 |
Introduction | p. 190 |
The importance of language | p. 191 |
Working through language | p. 198 |
Developing linguistic sensitivity | p. 202 |
Conclusion | p. 205 |
Points to ponder | p. 206 |
Further reading | p. 206 |
Spirituality and meaning | p. 207 |
Introduction | p. 207 |
Spirituality and religion | p. 208 |
Meaning, purpose and direction | p. 211 |
Connectedness | p. 216 |
Awe, wonder and hope | p. 221 |
Conclusion | p. 223 |
Points to ponder | p. 224 |
Further reading | p. 224 |
Developing emancipatory practice | p. 225 |
Introduction | p. 225 |
The radical social work legacy 1: The sociopolitical focus | p. 226 |
The radical social work legacy 2: Dogmatic reductionism | p. 229 |
Developing emancipatory theory | p. 234 |
Conclusion | p. 240 |
Points to ponder | p. 241 |
Further reading | p. 241 |
The challenges we face | p. 242 |
Introduction | p. 242 |
Theory, theorizing, knowledge and truth | p. 242 |
The demands of practice | p. 246 |
The need for theory development | p. 251 |
Existentialism as a basis for theorizing | p. 253 |
Conclusion | p. 257 |
Points to ponder | p. 258 |
Further reading | p. 258 |
References | p. 260 |
Index | p. 272 |
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