by Juliet Berry Rout ledge and Kegan Paul (library of Social Work), 90p Getting through this book is like getting along a public footpath which has become overgrown with brambles; you've got a vague idea where you're going, but the spikes keep catching in the sleeves of your woolly. Let's have a quote to see if we can catch the stylistic flavour: 'When the care of an immigrant toddler is distri...

This article contributes to the debate on gender and social work by examining dominant approaches within the field. Anti-discriminatory, woman-centered and intersectional accounts are critiqued for reliance upon both reification and isolation of gender. Via examination of poststructural, queer and trans theories within social work, the author then presents accounts based upon structural/materia...

From the late 1980s until now, scholars, educators and social workers have criticised the diminution of interest in the structural level of social problems. In this lament, former social work is beguiled, while critiques are targeted at the new generation of social workers. These critiques forewarn of important issues and problems, but at the same time they portray social work in a devolutionar...

The growth of behavior therapy during the past two decades has had a significant impact upon the education and training of professional social workers. Behavioral approaches are now well represented in the practice of clinical social work, and this trend is seen as likely to continue to expand. A description is provided of the behavioral training and research opportunities found at the masters ...

Noting that scholarly journals represent a particular repository of knowledge, we use content analysis to explore the constructions social work represented in Canadian Social Work Review – Revue canadienne de service over 2010–2019. This journal is only formal bilingual (French-English), peer-reviewed country. Rather than broadly reflecting realities and contexts, emerging trends imply specific...