{"product_id":"using-social-research-for-social-margot-rawsthorne-9781032153650","title":"Using Social Research for Social Justice: An Introduction for Social Work and Human Services","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book will inspire the next generation of social work and human service practitioners to integrate research into their everyday social justice practice. Through highlighting the centrality of values to the task of research and the possibilities for enacting social justice through our research practice, it argues for respectful, meaningful, and just relationships with the people with whom we do research and build knowledge; acknowledges the ongoing impact of colonialism; respects diversity; and commits to working towards social change. With First Nations Worldviews - ways of knowing, ways of being, ways of doing - weaved throughout the text, this book seeks to both reclaim ancient knowledges and disrupt Western research traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDivided into three sections, this book provides\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ea strong rationale for the importance of research skills to social work and human service practice;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea step-by-step guide on doing social research aimed at novice researchers; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea series of examples of applied social justice projects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing the authors' passion for finding new ways of 'doing' research and contesting traditional research paradigms of objectivity and the scientific, it advocates for knowledge building that is participatory, emancipatory, and empowered. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt will be required reading for all social work and human service students at both the undergraduate and master's level as well as professionals looking to put research into practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margot Rawsthorne, Emma Tseris, Amanda Howard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032153652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032153650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 6.85w x 0.55d","brand":"Margot Rawsthorne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45478626001151,"sku":"9781032153650","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c01a5551-fed0-4407-8501-fc72194d61ed.jpg?v=1715935467","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/using-social-research-for-social-margot-rawsthorne-9781032153650","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}