The second edition of a text mapping directly onto a core module of the undergraduate social work degree: theories and methods. Chapters are written by a range of contributors from universities including Lancaster, Birmingham, Nottingham, York, UCLAN, UEA, Manchester and Glasgow.

Introduction - Mel Gray and Stephen A. Webb
PART ONE: THEORISTS
Jurgen Habermas - Stan Houston
Anthony Giddens - Harry Ferguson
Pierre Bourdieu - Paul Michael Garrett
Michel Foucault - Jason Powell
Judith Butler - Brid Featherstone and Lorraine Green
PART TWO: THEORIES
Attachment theory - David Howe
Feminist social work - Joan Orme
Critical social work - Mel Gray and Stephen A. Webb
Structural social work - Kate Murray and Steven Hick
Multiculturalism - Purnima Sundar and Mylan Ly
Neoliberalism - Sue Penna and Martin O¿Brien
Postmodern social work - Barbara Fawcett
PART THREE: PERSPECTIVES FOR PRACTICE
Cognitive-behavioural approach - Eric L. Garland and A. Bruce Thyer
Ecological approach - Fred Besthorn
Social network analysis - Deirdre Kirke
Ethnography - Jerry Floersch, Jeffrey Longhofer and Megan Nordquest Schwaille
Ethnomethodology - Gerald de Montigny
Discourse and reflexivity - Sue White
Evidence-based practice - Debbie Plath
Ways of knowing - Ian Shaw