Social Work in Ireland

Reviews / Votes

'This is a vibrant and stimulating portrait by a community of social work scholars who analyse pressing social issues in a wide range of contexts with self-critical astuteness and who convincingly put forward their proposals for innovative practice that are of relevance well beyond this island's shores'. Professor Walter Lorenz, Rector, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. 'Crucial considerations are made of historical continuities and ruptures, changing migration patterns and new hierarchies of status and belonging; redefinitions of ethical choices. These fundamental questions are followed by significant chapters on various areas of practice. An excellent and timely collection'. Adrienne Chambon, Professor emerita, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Canada. 'Social Work in Ireland brings together academics from Ireland and captures the core of social work in its writing. No other text explores, offers the in-depth analysis or poses the critical questions of this book. It is a great achievement'. Professor McColgan, Head of School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies and Professor of Social Work, Ulster University, Northern Ireland. 'This collection of work, by many of Ireland's great social work scholars, captures both the defining features of social work and the important contribution that scholarly activity can make to understanding and responding to many of society's most pressing issues'. Dr John Devaney, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland.