Social Work: Seeking Relevancy in the Twenty-First Century

Social Work: Seeking Relevancy Beyond the Postmodern Era critically examines major issues that social work education and practice must confront if social work is to remain as a mainline profession. As a social work student or professional, you will be exposed to issues in social work that normally are not covered in mainline social work literature such as the use of hypertechnology, the disjuncture of science and social work, problems with social work theories, and the challenge of reconstructing the social work profession. This important book examines these issues and offers an analysis to assist you with taking social work into the next millennium.

Roland Meinert, PhD, is President of the Missouri Association for Social Welfare in Jefferson City, Missouri. John T. Pardeck, PhD, is Professor in the School of Social Work at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield. Larry W. Kreuger, PhD, is Associate Professor of Social Work at the School of Social Work at the University of Missouri at Columbia.