Taking account of the political, economic and cultural changes that have impacted on social work over recent years, this book explores the challenges and presents the realities of practice. Using an international range of examples, McDonald makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the character and purpose of social work.
Timely: future of the welfare state is being widely debated across the developed world
Demonstrates relevance of complex problems, processes and theories to practical social work
Author has twenty years of experience teaching in this area
Catherine McDonald
Evidence-Based Practice service social work