Improving Social Intervention: Changing Social Policy and Social Work Practice through Research: 27 (Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Education) - Hardcover

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9781138236752: Improving Social Intervention: Changing Social Policy and Social Work Practice through Research: 27 (Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Education)
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ISBN 10: 1138236756 ISBN 13: 9781138236752
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

This book, first published in 1983, considers the whole problem of how social research can lead to improvement in practice in social policy and social work. In the first section, individual chapters discuss the political context within which research is commissioned and used, through consideration of the politics of comparative research and of the application of research findings to policy-making in the personal social services. The problems of putting policy into practice and using research in a systematic and predictable way for improving situation is also examined. This title will be of interest to students of the Sociology, Education and Social Policy.

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John Gandy, Alex Robertson, Susan Sinclair

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138236756
ISBN 13 
9781138236752
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
304
Editor
Gandy John, Robertson Alex, Sinclair Susan

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