II. The Community’s Investment in Social Work

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Foreword IX
4. Contents XIII
5. I. The Reason for the Study 1
6. II. The Community’s Investment in Social Work 12
7. III. The Questions Which Concern Social Work 24
8. IV. The Logic of Evaluative Research 44
9. V. The Relationship Between Social Science and Research in Social Welfare 74
10. VI. The Administrative Setting for Research in Social Work 87
11. VII. A Proposal for an Institute for Research in Social Work 107
12. Appendix A. Problems in Social Work Practice, Organization, and Knowledge Needing Evaluative Research 125
13. Appendix B. Analyses of Four Evaluative Studies in Social Work 141
14. Index 173