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What is Professional Social Work?

Teamwork in Multiprofessional Care

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MODERN SOCIAL WORK THEORY

Third Edition

Malcolm Payne, St. Christopher's Hospice, London, United Kingdom

An extensive review of one of the most admired books on social work theory, Malcolm Payne has substantially reworked the content as well as the organization of this important theory book in response to the suggestions of academics and practitioners, while retaining the clarity and critical analysis of the previous edition. Used in practice and human behavior courses around the world, this valuable text is still the only one of its kind.

New Features
  • Chapters on humanism, existentialism, and social psychology have been changed to include spirituality and construction theory.
  • An entire chapter (chapter 11) is devoted to the feminist perspective.
  • Many new theorists have been added in the major statements sections of each chapter including Eda Goldstein, David Howe, Gitterman & Germain, J.A.B. Lee, and Robert Mullaly.
  • An instructor’s manual is available.

Chapters have a new organization. Each chapter now includes:

  • a brief introduction to its contents;
  • a summary of the chapter’s main points;
  • practical issues and concepts introduced by each theory;
  • wider theoretical perspectives, giving sources of ideas from outside social work; connections, discussing relationships between the theory and the other social work ideas;
  • the politics of the theory, discussing debates about its nature and content; major statements, noting briefly major works that have included the contemporary use of the theory; and
  • commentary, a discussion and evaluation of the pros and cons of the theory; and
  • an overall judgment about the value of the theory as a contributor to social work.

Contents

Foreword by Stephen C. Anderson, New Mexico State University
List of Figures and Tables
Preface

Chapter 1: Construction and Reality in Social Work Theory
Chapter 2: Using Social Work Theory in Practice
Chapter 3: Psychodynamic Perspective
Chapter 4: Crisis Intervention and Task-Centered Models
Chapter 5: Cognitive-Behavioral Theories
Chapter 6:

Systems and Ecological Perspectives

Chapter 7: Social Psychology and Social Construction
Chapter 8: Humanism, Existentialism, and Social Construction
Chapter 9: Social and Community Development
Chapter 10: From Radical to Critical Perspectives
Chapter 11: Feminist Perspectives
Chapter 12: Anti-discrimination and Cultural and Ethnic Sensitivity
Chapter 13: Empowerment and Advocacy
Chapter 14:  Assessing Social Work Theories

Bibliography
Index

2005, Paper, 400 Pages, ISBN 978-0-925065-83-4, Price $54.95