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Qualitative Research in Social Work
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Qualitative Research in Social Work

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October 2001 | 234 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
`A really fine book... an impressive work that adds much to the development of the use of qualitative methodology in social work research' - William J Reid, University at Albany

'The back cover of the book proclaims that "Qualitative Research in Social Work will be essential reading for all students, practitioners and researchers undertaking social work research." That just about sums it up for me' - British Journal of Social Work

`This book is a significant milestone in the development of social work research. It is characterized by an unparalleled command of the field of qualitative research in social work, and by a commitment to an understanding of the demands and potential of day-to-day social work practice' - Mike Fisher, Director of Research, National Institute for Social Research

`Qualitative Research in Social Work edited by Ian Shaw and Nick Gould, provides a state-of-the-art exposition and analysis of qualitative inquiry in relation to social work.... The book has an unusual degree of coherence for one with several authors. The five chapters by the editors (parts one and three) do an exceptional job of providing the necessary background information and setting the context for the six application chapters and of highlighting and discussing the issues raised in those chapters. The editors are respected scholars

well-versed in the theory and practice of qualitative research. Similarly, the contributing authors represent both considerable experience in this field and a diversity of interests. This combination makes Qualitative Research in Social Work an excellent text for students, practitioners, and researchers alike. It is a benchmark for social work progress in this area and points the way for the continued development of qualitative inquiry' - Professor Stanley L Witkin, Department of Social Work, University of Vermont

There is a clear need for a book which treats qualitative research as a substantive theme within social work, setting epistemological and methodological issues in a context whereby the agenda is set by, and is relevant to, social work. Qualitative Research in Social Work is just such a book and will be immensely useful for students, practitioners and researchers interested in and undertaking social work research.

In the introductory chapters the co-authors set qualitative research within a context of social work developments and problems. The central section provides additional topicality and directness through specially commissioned chapters from leading figures in this field each covering key qualitative methods and relating them to social work settings, and the final section which reviews qualitative research in social work, and aims to exemplify ways in which social work thought and practice can be advanced through research.

 
PART ONE: THE SOCIAL WORK AGENDA FOR QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
 
The Social Work Context for Qualitative Research
 
A Review of Qualitative Research in Social Work
 
PART TWO: EXEMPLIFYING QUALITATIVE SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH
Tom Hall
Caught Not Taught
Ethnographic Research at a Young People's Accomodation Project

 
Jonathan Scourfield
Interviewing Interviewers and Knowing about Knowledge
Catherine Kohler Riessman
Personla Troubles as Social Issues
A Narrative of Infertility in Context

 
Elizabeth Whitmore
`People Listened to What We Had to Say'
Reflections on an Emancipatory Qualitative Evaluation

 
Sue White
Auto-Ethnography as Reflexive Inquiry
Teh Research Act as Self-Surveillance

 
Jan Fook
Indentifying Expert Social Work
Qualitative Practitioner Research

 
 
PART THREE: QUALITATIVE WORK IN SOCIAL WORK
Ian F Shaw and Nick G Gould
Fieldwork Choices in Context
 
Qualitative Research and Professional Practice
 
Inquiry and Action
Qualitative Research and Professional Practice

 
 
The Consequences of Qualitative Social Work Research

`A really fine book... an impressive work that adds much to the development of the use of qualitative methodology in social work research' - William J Reid, University at Albany

`This book is a significant milestone in the development of social work research. It is characterized by an unparalleled command of the field of qualitative research in social work, and by a commitment to an understanding of the demands and potential of day-to-day social work practice' - Mike Fisher, Director of Research, National Institute for Social Research

`Qualitative Research in Social Work edited by Ian Shaw and Nick Gould, provides a state-of-the-art exposition and analysis of qualitative inquiry in relation to social work.... The book has an unusual degree of coherence for one with several authors. The five chapters by the editors (parts one and three) do an exceptional job of providing the necessary background information and setting the context for the six application chapters and of highlighting and discussing the issues raised in those chapters. The editors are respected scholars

well-versed in the theory and practice of qualitative research. Similarly, the contributing authors represent both considerable experience in this field and a diversity of interests. This combination makes Qualitative Research in Social Work an excellent text for students, practitioners, and researchers alike. It is a benchmark for social work progress in this area and points the way for the continued development of qualitative inquiry' - Professor Stanley L Witkin, Department of Social Work, University of Vermont


For anyone wanting to locate the importance of this research method within the wider context of the paradigm wars, this text is essential for social work academics and practitioners in research.

Miss Sarah Bennett
Institute of Applied Social Studies, Birmingham University
January 22, 2013

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