As a profession that works directly to improve the human
condition, social work has made a special effort to integrate
social science knowledge with its methods for identifying and
dealing with human problems. This book is about the relationship
between the systematic study of human problems and actions to
improve them. The group of experts do not provide practical
instructions; they do not provide advice on how to conduct
evaluation studies or how to solve the problem of homelessness.
Instead, the contributors examine the questions and issues that
arise, and the knowledge gained, when purposeful attempts are made
to understand and solve human problems using the best available
social science knowledge.
The issue of the integration of social work and the social
sciences has not been examined in any depth in current research.
The social sciences have evolved steadily through the years and
social workers have increasingly relied on them--both substantively
as well as in terms of research methodologies. In turn, social work
has contributed to this dialogue by providing challenging research
questions, in formulating critiques of social science theory and
methodology, and in emphasizing the need to study social problems
in their complex environments. The book's goal is to define how
social work and the social sciences can continue to build on a
clear sense of the issues and developments common to both.
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