Towards a New Sociology of Social WorkAvebury, 1991 - 188 pages This book identifies and analyses theoretical, empirical and methodological issues in the construction of a contemporary sociology of social work. This is generally defined as being informed by a critical appreciation of modern sociology and addressed to social work as a whole. The first chapter shows that this definition is inaccurate. The author criticises existing conventional sociologies with an argument that the sociology of social work also has to be a sociology of sociology in critically selecting and fashioning its own analytical tools. A new theoretical framework (anti-reductionism) is developed and shown to be empirically productive. The book concludes with proposals for the future. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
SOCIOLOGY AS A RESOURCE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL WORK | 30 |
SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIAL WORK KNOWLEDGE | 58 |
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