Social Work Books

New and Published Books

1. Productive Engagement in Later Life

   A Global Perspective

   Edited by Nancy Morrow-Howell, Ada Mui

   Productive Ageing is the involvement of older adults in society through employment, volunteering, caregiving, education and skill building. In 2020 there will be 248 million people in China aged 60 and over. At the same time, the birth rate continues to drop and family structures are being...

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
2. Children in Difficulty

   A guide to understanding and helping, 3rd Edition

   By Julian Elliott, Maurice Place

   Written by two leading experts in the field, this welcome third edition of Children in Difficulty: A guide to understanding and helping discusses some of the most common, yet incapacitating, difficulties that are frequently encountered by young children and adolescents. This includes such topics as...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
3. Rebuilding Local Communities in the Wake of Disaster

   Social Recovery in Sri Lanka and India

   By Martin Mulligan, Yaso Nadarajah

   This book examines the sociological consequences of disaster relief and recovery, and uncovers its impact on the communities that were affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. It is the most extensive and intensive study of post-disaster community rebuilding yet reported in the literature on...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge India
4. Becoming a Solution Detective

   A Strengths-Based Guide to Brief Therapy, 2nd Edition

   By John Sharry, Brendan Madden, Melissa Darmody

   If you are interested in making your practice solution-focused quickly and effectively, look no further than this text. The authors, co-founders of the Brief Therapy Group, demystify the process of psychotherapy, making the concept of solution-based therapy accessible and relevant for newcomers to...

   Published November 21st 2011 by Routledge
5. Controversies and Disputes in Disability and Rehabilitation

   Edited by Roland Meinert, Francis Yuen

   Although the field of disability services and societal understanding of disability issues have advanced in recent decades there remain controversial subjects and unresolved disputes. These cover a wide spectrum from legislation impacting the entire disability community such as the ADA, to culture...

   Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge
6. Deprivation and Delinquency

   By D. W. Winnicott

   Edited by Clare Winnicott, Ray Shepherd, Madeleine Davis

   Series: Routledge Classics

   "Winnicott was a healer with the qualities of a parent, a magician, a teacher, a poet and a friend. The editors of this book have done a great service in collecting and arranging papers dating from the experiences of the evacuation in the Second World War up to some of Winnicott’s continued...

   Published September 4th 2011 by Routledge
7. Advancing Youth Work

   Current Trends, Critical Questions

   Edited by Dana Fusco

   This path-breaking book brings together an international list of contributors to collectively articulate a vision for the field of youth work, sharing what they have learned from decades of experience in the training and education of youth workers. Carefully designed evaluation and research studies...

   Published August 28th 2011 by Routledge
8. Family Support and Family Caregiving across Disabilities

   Edited by George Singer, David Biegel, Patricia Conway

   Family members provide the majority of care for individuals with disabilities in the United States. Recognition is growing that family caregiving deserves and may require societal support, and evidence-based practices have been established for reducing stress associated with caregiving. Despite the...

   Published August 21st 2011 by Routledge
9. Power, Resistance and Liberation in Therapy with Survivors of Trauma

   To Have Our Hearts Broken

   By Taiwo Afuape

   This book offers reflections on how liberation might be experienced by clients as a result of the therapeutic relationship. It explores how power and resistance might be most effectively and ethically understood and utilised in clinical practice with survivors of trauma. Power,...

   Published July 19th 2011 by Routledge
10. Practising Social Work Ethics Around the World

    Cases and Commentaries

    Edited by Sarah Banks, Kirsten Nøhr

    Ethics is an increasingly important theme in social work practice. Worldwide, social workers experience common ethical challenges (how to be fair, whether to break a rule, how to act in politically tense situations) in very different contexts – from disaster relief in China to child protection work...

    Published July 14th 2011 by Routledge