The Changing Nature and Context of Social Work Research

Gibbs, Anita

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The Changing Nature and Context of Social Work Research

Gibbs, Anita

Cite this item: Gibbs, A. (2001). The Changing Nature and Context of Social Work Research. British Journal of Social Work, 31(5), 687–704. doi:10.1093/bjsw/31.5.687

Permanent link to OUR Archive version: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6582

Date: 2001

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Pages: 687-704

Keywords: social work research; epistemologies; methods; researchers; reflective practice

Research Type: Journal Article

Languages: English

Abstract:

Social work research is constantly diversifying and expanding and this article explores its changing nature; including changes to epistemology and practice; and the critical influence of the wider economic, political, theoretical and practice changes occurring to social work itself. The author discusses a number of issues facing social work research: the enduring conflicts of ways of knowing, doing and valuing social work research; the role of practitioners as researchers; and the challenge to empower service users as self‐determining researchers.

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