DOING SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH

"THE BOOK PROVIDES A WELL WRITTEN GUIDE THAT ADEPTLY CAPTURES THE SENSITIVITIES AND COMPLEX IMPLICATIONS OF BOTH RESEARCH PROCESS AND DISSEMINATION WITHIN THE EVER CHANGING AND HIGHLY REGULATED WORLD OF SOCIAL WORK." (VICTORIA FOSTER, RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, SCHOOL OF NURSING, MIDWIFERY AND SOCIAL WORK, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, UK, IN "BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK JUNE 2010"). "THIS BOOK OFFERS MANY PRACTICAL EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH PROJECTS TAKEN FROM THE AUTHOR'S OWN EXPERIENCE AS A RESEARCHER. THESE EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATE THE USUALLY COMPLEX CONCEPTS OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY BY SHOWING HOW THEY ARE PRACTISED IN THE REAL WORLD OF SOCIAL WORK, SO THE TITLE IS APT. ESPECIALLY USEFUL ARE THE COMMON FEATURES OF SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH DISCUSSED AT LENGTH IN THE FINAL CHAPTER, AS A WAY OF FINDING COMMON GROUND IN THE DISPUTED TERRAIN OF SOCIAL WORK AS A PROFESSION, AND IN SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH IN PARTICULAR." (HEATHER D'CRUZ, SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA). "SM