Stephen A Webb
Stephen Webb was Professor of Social Work at Glasgow CU, His research interest focuses on critical social work, biopolitics, and the economic sociology of social work. Stephen's journal article on evidence-based practice (2001) is the world’s most highly cited article in the research field and the most influential publication over the last ten years (Hodge et al., 2011). The book for Sage 'Handbook of Social Work' (2012) is the world's first major international reference work in the field. In (2010) he edited the major reference work a four volume collection 'International Social Work' for Sage, London. He authored The New Politics of Critical Social Work' for Palgrave and the 2nd edition of 'Social Work Theories and Methods' for Sage, London which is also translated into Korean and Polish. His book 'Social Work in a Risk Society' is regarded as a classic in the field. He recently completed the Routledge Handbooks Critical Social Work and International Critical Social Work.
In 2010 he was funded $850K by NSW government for a major two year government research study examining community engagement, political mobilisation and carbon capture and storage technologies. In 2008 he was awarded two Australian Research Council Discovery Project grants amounting to $500K for the study of barriers in implementing evidence-based practice. His appointment at Glasgow Caledonian University is for the newly created Chair in Social Work. Stephen is editor of the Routledge Handbook of Critical Social Work an international reference work and is currently working on the 2nd edition. In 2018 he was awarded the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Phone: 07702495540
In 2010 he was funded $850K by NSW government for a major two year government research study examining community engagement, political mobilisation and carbon capture and storage technologies. In 2008 he was awarded two Australian Research Council Discovery Project grants amounting to $500K for the study of barriers in implementing evidence-based practice. His appointment at Glasgow Caledonian University is for the newly created Chair in Social Work. Stephen is editor of the Routledge Handbook of Critical Social Work an international reference work and is currently working on the 2nd edition. In 2018 he was awarded the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Phone: 07702495540
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Critical social work is increasingly involved in a global conversation, and as a subfield of social work it is rapidly becoming an interdisciplinary field in its own right and promoting novel forms of political activism. The Handbook showcases the global influences and path-breaking ideas of critical social work and examines the different stances taken on important political and ethical issues. It provides the first complete survey of the vibrant field of critical social work in a rich international context. This definitive volume is one of the most comprehensive source books on
crucial social work that is available on the international stage and an essential guide for anyone interested in the politics of social work.
The Handbook is divided into seven sections:
• Thinking the Political
• Politics and the Ruins of Neoliberalism
• Negotiating the State: Resistance, Protest and Dissent
• Race, Bordering Practices and Migrants
• Post Colonialism, Subaltern and the Global South
• Critical Feminism, Sexuality and Gender Politics
• Posthumanism, Pandemics and Environment
The Handbook comprises 46 newly written chapters (and one reprint) which concentrate on differences between European and American contributions in this field as well as explicitly identifying the significance of critical social work in the context of Latin America. It provides a further vital trajectory of intellectual practice theory via interdisciplinary discussion of areas such as biopolitics, critical race theory, boundaries of gender and sexuality, queer studies, new conceptions of community, issues of public engagement, racism and Roma people, ecological
feminism, environmental humanities and critical animal studies.
'Do not expect to agree with everything you read here. Indeed, that is precisely why you should read it. It is time to shake up the social work conversation.' - Sue White, Professor of Social Work (Children and Families), University of Birmingham, UK
'This book is a gem' - Linda Briskman, Professor of Human Rights, Swinburne Institute for Social Research, UK
'An important and extremely timely book which will be of great value to all those concerned to place the challenges of inequalities and injustice at the heart of social work.' – Brid Featherstone, Professor of Social Care, The Open University, UK
Fundamental to social work are the values of justice and equality. But it has long been felt that these values are being eroded under a system of capitalist power. Serving to reactivate and refresh social work’s radical tradition to form a new political agenda, The New Politics of Social Work:
• Brings together leading international authors to deliver a critical exploration of the impact capitalism has had on social work
• Paves the way for students and practitioners of social work to take a more transformative, radical approach
This is an important and authoritative book for both advanced level undergraduate and postgraduate students of Social Work."
This book provides a critical analysis of evidence-based practice in social work. It introduces readers to the fast changing research, policy, legislative, and practice context. It discusses what constitutes knowledge in social work, the values and beliefs that lie behind EBP and problems of implementation, formalisation and resource management. Reflecting on the challenges of transferring evidence-based practice to frontline social work practice, the authors argue that social work practice is not easily measured and systematised into best practice guidelines that disseminate proven diagnostic and effective intervention knowledge.
Using Actor Network Theory for the first time in the social work literature, Evidence-based Social Work illuminates how adopting the methodology and language of evidence-based practice fundamentally alters the conditions under which social work takes place. This book is vital reading for academics, practitioners, and students with an interest in contemporary social work practice and research.
Drawn from an international field of excellence, the contributors each offer a critical analysis of their individual area of expertise. The result is this invaluable resource collection that not only reflects upon the condition of social work today but also looks to future developments.
Split into seven parts, with 48 chapters the Handbook investigates:
- Policy dimensions
- Practice
- Perspectives
- Values and ethics
- The context of social work
- Research
- Future challenges
It is essential reading for all students, practitioners, researchers, and academics engaged in social w""
Volume One: Welfare Theory and Approaches provides an overview of the development of welfare policy as a backdrop to the evolution of social work.
Volume Two: International Social Work Practice explores the development of contemporary social work practice approaches and examines social work's psychosocial foundations in the psychodynamic and functional schools.
Volume Three: Social Work Research chronicles the debate on what counts as evidence on which to base social work practice and, therefore, on what kind of research methods best provide valid and reliable evidence.
Volume Four: Future Challenges overviews the enduring and contemporary issues and debates surrounding social development and global social work, generalist versus specialist practice, choice, service user participation, partnerships and social networks where we have seen a move from recipients to citizens to clients to consumers.
Papers by Stephen A Webb