Understanding Research for Social Policy and Practice: Themes, Methods and Approaches (Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1861344031 ISBN 13: 9781861344038

Publisher: Policy Press, 2004

Synopsis

It is vital for students, policy makers and practitioners engaged in social policy related fields to understand the importance and place of research and how to interpret and use research findings. They also need to know how to effectively carry out and report good quality research of their own. This landmark book, the first of its kind, will enable them to meet all of these challenges. Comprehensive in scope, and written by experts in a thoroughly accessible and engaging style, the book combines theoretical and applied discussions to provide the essential one-stop guide to research for social policy and practice. Understanding research for social policy and practice: conveys the excitement, importance and methodological diversity of social policy research; provides readers with appropriate knowledge to help them interpret and assess the research of others and to conduct high quality research; combines lively and informed discussion of key issues, methods and approaches with practical hands-on guidance and advice; shows how and why social policy research should form a key foundation for future policy and practice. This book is essential reading for students of social policy, social work, sociology, criminology, nursing and other applied social sciences; their teachers; and policy makers and practitioners who would like to improve their use of research evidence and conduct research of their own.

About this title

About the Author

Saul Becker is Professor of Social Policy and Social Care and Alan Bryman is Professor of Social Research in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University. Both have extensive experience of conducting and disseminating social policy research and of teaching research methods and approaches. The editors are joined by an expert panel of contributors, all of whom are active in research and are internationally known and respected in their fields.

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1861344031
• ISBN 13: 9781861344038
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 423
• Editor: Becker Saul, Bryman Alan