Transforming Social Work Practice

Introduction 1. Postmodern Critical Theory and Emancipatory Social Work Practice Bob Pease and Jan Fook; Part One 2. Social Work and Its Search for Meaning: Theories, Narratives and Practices Peter Camilleri; 3. The Contemporary Organization of Social Work Gary Hough; Part Two 4. Social Work Ethics: Embracing Diversity? Linda Briskman and Carolyn Noble; 5. Challenging Victimisation in Practice with Young Women Karen Crinall; 6. Offending Mothers: Theorising in a Feminist Minefield Lee Fitzroy; 7. Deconstructing Masculinity: Constructing Emancipatory Practice with Men Bob Pease; Part Three 8. Representing Acitivist Practice Karen Healy; 9. Community Development and a Postmodernism of Resistance Mary Lane; 10. Empowerment: The Modern Social Work Concept 'Par Excellence' Stephen Parker, Jan Fook and Bob Pease; Part Four 11. Postmodernism and the Teaching and Practice of Interpersonal Skills Helen Jessup and Steve Rogerson; 12. Competing Paradigms in Mental Health Education and Practice Lister Bainbridge; 13. Critical Reflectivity in Education and Practice Jan Fook; Part Five 14. Postmodernism, Critical Theory and Social Work Jim Ife; 15.Emancipatory Social Work for a Postmodern Age Jan Fook and Bob Pease.