A work to be celebrated
an exciting feast of challenging, passionate, and informative contributions to social work practice. Here we move away from the traditional regimentation of relationship
along with its categories, testing, and measurements
to working pragmatically and resourcefully with clients in context. These offerings illuminate and expand upon the rich potentials of a constructionist orientation to relating effectively with challenges to ... Read morechange. I am deeply impressed.
Kenneth J. Gergen, president, The Taos Institute This book provides a solid overview of social constructionism and social work, both as academic traditions and as professional practices. It also invites the reader to share, debate, and argue with these dedicated authors and their insights. The book demonstrates in the very way it has been written that social work from the point of view of social constructionism is about people in relations. Everyone interested in social work should have the privilege to share in the stories this book has to tell.
Tarja Poso, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tampere From the first words of Chapter 1, Humans cannot live alone, this book reflects how all of our understanding springs from our relationship experiences. This readable, appealing book has important insights for everyone in the human services. Students and practitioners will find it revitalizing: examples from practice are experience-near and bound to provoke new ideas about how to be more helpful to clients. For faculty, the book is a treasure-trove helping students develop their critical thinking and presenting innovative ideas, especially in the substantive areas of practice and research. A very important component is the volume's global reach. The future of social work is international, and this book reaches right into that future and helps bring it about with fidelity to the most innovative and original concepts of contemporary social work. This volume will help readers generate creative and original insights for many years to come!
Katherine Tyson McCrea, Ph.D., professor, Loyola University of Chicago School of Social Work, editor in chief of Illinois Child Welfare, and clinical social worker As a teacher, I strongly recommend the book
Joe Smeeton British Journal of Social Work Social Construction and Social Work Practice is more than a social work textbook. It is a resource tool that will enrich and support the practitioner in their practice within any setting.
Christine Harris Irish Social Worker Written in a style which is both scholarly and accessible, both professional and personal, it should be of value to students, practicioners, and educators.
Carol R. Swenson Families in Society This exciting contribution remakes the world and practice of social work... It is a wonderful book for classroom use and should find its way into many courses in social work education as well as other fields - sociology, women's studies, cultural studies, philosophy Qualitative Social Work Show Less