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British Journal of Social Work (2001) 31, 687-704
© 2001 British Association of Social Workers

The Changing Nature and Context of Social Work Research

Anita Gibbs

Community and Family Studies, PO Box 56, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Anita.Gibbs{at}stonebow.otago.ac.nz

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Social work research is constantly diversifying and expanding and this article explores its changing nature; including changes to epistemology and practice; and the critical influence of the wider economic, political, theoretical and practice changes occurring to social work itself. The author discusses a number of issues facing social work research: the enduring conflicts of ways of knowing, doing and valuing social work research; the role of practitioners as researchers; and the challenge to empower service users as self-determining researchers.


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