Social Work
Theory and Methods
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076020 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Silvia Staub‐bernasconi (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss187 |
| OpenAlex | W4244583013 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
Theory construction in social work which tries to bind together theory and methods and to introduce the notion of social work as discipline and profession departs from an “open triangle” consisting of theory as an interrelated conceptual system, research, and practice, or applied social science plus social work values and skills linked in a dynamic way (Lovelock et al. 2004: 3). Thus it is a basic scientific undertaking to connect the following elements: a theory of the individual as a biological, psychic, and social being and as a member of different social systems; a theory of society and culture and the interaction between the individual and society/culture; a policy or program as a scheme for changing problematic situations; and a set of people, among them professionals, in different forms of social organization (social services, social movements, networks, etc.) committed to carrying this change through with the help of specific methods
Epistemology · Political science · Psychic · Public relations · Set (abstract data type · Social change · Social entropy · Social inertia · Social network (sociolinguistics · Social philosophy · Social relation · Social science · Social theory · Sociology · Work (physics · Computer Science · Critical Realism in Sociology · Engineering · Italian Social Issues and Migration · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2019 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |