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• Cover
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Part 1 Introduction
• 1 Understanding Our Context
• The Importance of Discourse
• Theories for Practice
• Discourses and Theories for Practice: What’s the Difference?
• Why Context Matters
• Conclusion
• 2 A Dynamic Model of Practice
• Constructing Social Work Purpose: A Dynamic Approach
• A Dynamic Approach to Theory Use
• Creating and Using Theory in Practice: Debates about Evidence and Reflection
• Approaching Theory Reflexively: Creating Theory in Practice
• Conclusion
• Part 2 Discourses Shaping Practice Contexts
• 3 Dominant Discourses in Health and Welfare: Biomedicine & Neoliberalism
• The Biomedical Discourse
• Neoliberal Discourse
• Dominant Discourses as Sites of Struggle
• Conclusion
• 4 Behavioural and Social Science Discourses: ‘Psy’ and Sociological Ideas in Social Work
• Social Work and the ‘Psy’ Disciplines
• Sociological Discourses
• Conclusion
• 5 Alternative Discourses: Citizen Rights, Religion and Spirituality, and Post-Humanism
• Citizen Rights Discourse
• Religious and Spiritual Discourses
• Post-Humanism: Recognizing the ‘More-Than-Human’ World
• Conclusion
• Part 3 Social Work Theories for Practice
• 6 Four Waves of Systems Theories: From General Systems Theory to Eco-social Work
• Systems Theories in Context
• The First Wave: General Systems Theory
• The Second Wave: Ecosystems Perspectives
• The Third Wave: Complex Systems Theories
• The Fourth Wave: Eco-social Work
• Strengths and Limitations of Systems Theories in Social Work
• Conclusion
• 7 Problem-solving Approaches: Focusing on Task-Centred Practice
• Problem-solving Practice in Context
• Task-Centred Practice: A Brief History
• Key Principles of Task-Centred Practice
• Task-Centred Practice: Putting the Model into Practice
• Comparing Task-Centred and Crisis Intervention
• Links to Motivational Interviewing
• Strengths, Weaknesses and Issues in Problem-solving Approaches
• Conclusion
• 8 Relationship-Based, Strengths and Solution-Focused Practice
• Contexts of Theory Development
• Relationship-Based Practice
• Strengths
• Weaknesses and Concerns
• Origins of the Strengths Perspective
• Knowledge Foundations of the Strengths Perspective
• Practice Assumptions and Principles
• The Strengths Perspective in Community Development: An Assets Approach
• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
• Differences between Strengths and SFBT
• Strengths of the Strengths Perspective and SFBT
• Weaknesses and Concerns about the Strengths Perspective and SFBT
• Conclusion
• 9 Modern Critical Social Work: Addressing Structural Contexts
• The Foundations of Modern Critical Social Work
• The Early History of Critical Social Work
• The Birth of Radical Social Work
• Diversifying Critical Practice
• Anti-oppressive Practice
• Core Assumptions of Anti-oppressive Practice
• Anti-oppressive Practice: Some Critical Reflections
• Conclusion
• 10 ‘Post-theories’: Postmodern, Poststructural and Postcolonial Approaches
• Post-Theories in Context
• Differences among Post-Theories
• Post-Theories and Social Work Practices
• Key Concepts
• Discourse
• Subjectivity
• Power
• Deconstruction
• Progress
• Conclusion
• 11 Creating Frameworks for Practice
• The Challenges Facing Social Work
• Frameworks for Practice
• Formalizing Practitioner Contribution to Knowledge
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index
• Imprint