Summary
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The SAGE Handbook of Social Work Research provides a comprehensive, internationally-focused account of leading social work research, offering an original and defining statement on contemporary theory and practice within the field. The groundbreaking Handbook engages critically with the nature and role of social work research and evaluation in contemporary societies around the globe. Ranging over local, national, and international issues, and exploring questions of theory and practice, this is a diverse and constructively organized overview of the field. It will quickly be recognized as a benchmark in the expanding field of social work research, setting the agenda for future work in the arena.
Research and Government
Research and Government
Introduction
The structural context of government and its reciprocal relationship with social work research is the focus of this chapter. An important distinction needs making at the outset, between research as a means of governing and research as the evaluation of government. Our concern is primarily with the ...
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