The state is increasingly experienced as both intrusive and neglectful, particularly by those
living in poverty, leading to loss of trust and widespread feelings of alienation and …

With over 40,000 copies sold across its lifetime, this is social work classic from a leading
international author. Synthesizing the complex ideas and concepts that characterize social …

User participation is an attempt to democratise and improve health and welfare services.
Although central political guidelines emphasise user participation, there is limited …

There is a need for more knowledge on how people with substance use problems (SUPs)
understand and experience user involvement when receiving care. In this systematic review …

Background Although the importance of collaboration is well established as a principle in
research and in theory, what it actually means for practitioners to collaborate in practice, to …

Advocacy has traditionally been a key element of social work practice (Coulshed and Orme,
1998; Payne, 2000a; Trevithick, 2005, 2012; Boylan and Dalrymple, 2009). It was identified …

Participation and involvement are now common place in policy rhetoric and across service
sectors. However, there is a growing critical discourse exploring the way in which …

This article argues that the social construction of user participation policies includes both
differences and similarities regarding three user groups: older people, disabled people and …

I was approached to write this book by a representative of SAGE shortly after I had given a
presentation at a conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) on a …

This article addresses the challenges of sense making in social work practice and presents
a descriptive model of peer-aided judgement to facilitate critical debate and knowledge …