| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 252 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword / Marilyn Flynn -- Preface / John Brekke and Jeane Anastas -- Acknowledgements -- Current context and the realist frame -- The science in social work roundtables : context, content, process / Susan Stone and Jerry Floersch -- The realist frame : scientific realism and critical realism / John Brekke, Jeane Anastas, Jerry Floersch, and Jeffrey Longhofer -- The foundations of social work science -- Science and identity in social work / John Brekke P -- Defining a social work science : its nature and consequences / John Brekke -- Social work science in the context of social work ideas : social work science and grand challenges / Rowena Fong and Edwina Uehara -- Values-informed research and research-informed values / Jeffrey Longhofer and Jerry Floersch -- Theory in social work science / Susan P. Kemp and Gina Miranda Samuels P -- Who knows? : critical realism, philosophy of mind, embodiment, and the science of social work / Jeane Anastas -- Essential issues in social work science -- Science and social work practice : client-provider relationships as an active ingredient promoting client change / Mary Bunn and Jeanne Marsh -- Rigor and relevance in social work science / Lawrence A. Palinkas -- Tools and training to support social work as an integrative science / Paula S. Nurius -- Concluding thoughts -- Conclusions and Commencements / Jeane Anastas, Darla Spence Coffey, and John Brekke |
| Summary |
'Shaping a Science of Social Work' provides a basic framework for a social work science in terms of basic constructs, domains, and characteristics, considered within the context of academic disciplinarity and professional identity. Centered on the formation of social work science from a realist/critical-realist position, contributions from eminent scholars offer detailed and rigorous analyses of various essential issues |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 05, 2019) |
| Subject |
Social service.
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Social Work
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
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Social service
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Social service -- Practice
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brekke, John S., editor.
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Anastas, Jeane W., editor.
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| LC no. |
2019003619 |
| ISBN |
9780190880699 |
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0190880694 |
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9780190880675 |
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0190880678 |
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9780190880682 |
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0190880686 |
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