Offers coverage of the key theories, concepts and issues in social policy. This text has been designed to provide students with the essential tools to gain a clear understanding of the theoretical debates surrounding the discipline.

This user-friendly book will offer you suggested strategies and sensible advice, based on what is realistic and achievable in practice.

Presents a comprehensive, critical review of social theory that places leading contributions in their larger context. Written predominantly for students, this title deals with results in one of the most comprehensive introductions to social theory published to date.

This new volume in the Social Thinkers series serves as an introduction to the life, work, and ideas of Erving Goffman.

Joining the SAGE Social Thinkers series, this book provides readers with a clear and concise introduction and includes coverage of Weber's insights on the promise and peril of Western industrial society, and of his The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and Economy and Society.

Presents readers the skills they need to successfully complete their social work training, and go on to be an effective practitioner. The book takes a holistic and critical approach, not only enabling students and practitioners to understand how to practise social work effectively, but also how to locate this practice within its societal context.

Domestic violence can affect all areas of social work. In this book, the authors draw on their extensive experience as practitioners and researchers in the field to show how social workers can intervene in everyday practice and facilitate change.

A user-friendly book that explores and reflects on effective practice in this key area of the social work curriculum, children and families.