Critical Social Theory And Evaluation Practice

Author : Melissa Freeman
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39076002901093

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Critical Social Theory and Evaluation Practice by Melissa Freeman Pdf

As a practice meant to improve society, evaluation is implicated in discussions about which societal and cultural values and principles of justice will prevail and which ones will get subverted or ignored altogether. For the most part, as currently configured, the relationship of evaluators to policy makers has jeopardized evaluation's ability to provide the critical lens needed for feedback on the effects of a society's practices, policies, and structures. Many theorists believe that it is only by examining and critically assessing how knowledge is produced and reproduced in society that we can better reflect on and imagine new, more socially just, social configurations and relations. One such approach, critical theory, is a pedagogical practice that employs a systemic and historical critique of social and cultural formations and practices in a way that fosters citizens' abilities to evaluate and alter them. The intent of this issue of New Directions for Evaluation is to show the relevance of critical social theory for evaluation practice. Each of the authors in this volume addresses in a different way and from a variety of disciplinary fields what a critical theory lens might offer evaluation practice. This is the 127th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Evaluation, an official publication of the American Evaluation Association.

Author : Nick Crossley
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0761970606

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Key Concepts in Critical Social Theory by Nick Crossley Pdf

• Provides brief accounts of the central ideas behind key concepts of critical social theory • Prepares students to tackle primary texts and gives them a point of reference when they find themselves stuck • Is essential reading for undergraduates in sociology and across the social sciences.

Author : Robin Celikates
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781786604644

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Critique as Social Practice by Robin Celikates Pdf

This book provides an overview of recent debates about critical theory from Pierre Bourdieu via Luc Boltanski to the Frankfurt School. Robin Celikates investigates the relevance of the self-understanding of ordinary agents and of their practices of critique for the theoretical and emancipatory project of critical theory.

Author : Jan Fook
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 076197251X

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Social Work by Jan Fook Pdf

In this text, Jan Fook takes a reflective approach to social work. The reader is encouraged to develop his or her own ideas, using the material covered in this book.

Author : Max Horkheimer
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1972-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780826400833

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Critical Theory by Max Horkheimer Pdf

These essays, written in the 1930s and 1940s, represent a first selection in English from the major work of the founder of the famous Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt. Horkheimer's writings are essential to an understanding of the intellectual background of the New Left and the to much current social-philosophical thought, including the work of Herbert Marcuse. Apart from their historical significance and even from their scholarly eminence, these essays contain an immediate relevance only now becoming fully recognized.

Author : Angela Everitt,Pauline Hardiker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1996-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349133048

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Evaluating for Good Practice by Angela Everitt,Pauline Hardiker Pdf

With the changing political economy of social welfare, evaluation has become prevalent in the personal social services and voluntary sector organisations. This text argues that rational-technical and pluralist models of evaluation may collude with new managerialism to act as powerful processes of control. Alternative critical models of evaluation, which take account of power, are explored, so as to enable practitioners to take responsibility for evaluating practice, both in order to inhibit poor, or even corrupt, practice, and to promote good practice.

Author : Richard C Box
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781317473572

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Critical Social Theory in Public Administration by Richard C Box Pdf

The essential premise of critical social theory is that contemporary society is neither democratic nor free, but that modern global capitalism creates a citizenry satiated with consumer goods, unaware of alternative ways of living. In the public sector, critical theory suggests that governing systems are influenced, if not controlled, by the wealthy and powerful, leaving public professionals to decide whether to serve those interests or the interests of a broader public. This book provides a framework for the application of critical social theory in public administration. Its goal is to encourage awareness among public administration scholars and practitioners of social conditions that tend to shape and constrain scholarship, practice, teaching, and social change. At a time when concern for public interest and a civil society have largely been displaced by the goals of economic efficiency and the "New Public Management," Critical Social Theory in Public Administration presents a viable alternative that incorporates the latest views of postmodern thinking with the central elements of critical social theory.

Author : John Forester
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1993-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438403014

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Critical Theory, Public Policy, and Planning Practice by John Forester Pdf

Too often attacked as hopelessly abstract, contemporary critical social theory can help us to understand both public policy and its analysis. In this book, John Forester shows how policy analysis, planning, and public administration are thoroughly political communicative practices that subtly and selectively organize public attention. Drawing from Jürgen Habermas's critical communications theory of society, Forester shows how policy developments alter the social infrastructure of society. He provides a clear introduction to critical social theory at the same time that he clarifies the practical and political challenges facing public policy analysts, public managers, and planners working in many fields.

Author : Mel Gray,Stephen A Webb
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446204993

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Social Work Theories and Methods by Mel Gray,Stephen A Webb Pdf

`An excellent book that provides a good deal of valuable material to stimulate debate and to alert readers of the need to engage more critically with the wider world in which social work is located′ - Professor Keith Popple, Professor of Social Work London South Bank University This exciting book draws together the key contemporary theories, theorists and perspectives used in social work and explains how they are applied in practice and critiqued by social workers. It provides: - An outline of the contribution made by a key theorist, theory or perspective to social work - A selective bibliography of each thinker or approach - A glossary defining key traditions, with cross links to key theorists and perspectives - A timeline of key publications - Study questions at the end of each chapter. The book will be valuable for undergraduate, graduate students, post qualifying students and researchers in social work.

Author : Elizabeth DePoy,Stephen Gilson
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483312651

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Social Work Research and Evaluation by Elizabeth DePoy,Stephen Gilson Pdf

Social Work Research and Evaluation applies systematically developed research knowledge to social work practice and emphasizes the “doing” of social work as a reciprocal avenue for generating research evidence and social work knowledge. Using the Examined Practice Model, authors Elizabeth G. DePoy and Stephen F. Gilson present research as the identification of a problem and then proceed to evaluate the efficacy of social work practice in its resolution. Diverse theories, actions, and sets of evidence from a range of professional and disciplinary perspectives are included to underscore the importance of integrating evaluation and practice in research.

Author : Kenneth A. Sirotnik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39076001016406

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Evaluation and Social Justice by Kenneth A. Sirotnik Pdf

Author : Lynelle Watts,David Hodgson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811336218

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Social Justice Theory and Practice for Social Work by Lynelle Watts,David Hodgson Pdf

This book offers a much-needed critical overview of the concept of social justice and its application in professional social work practice. Social justice has a rich conceptual genealogy in critical theory and political philosophy. For students, teachers and social workers concerned with empowerment, social change and human rights, this book provides a guide to the key ideas and thinkers, crucial historical developments and contemporary debates about social justice. It synthesises interdisciplinary knowledge and offers a new framework for practice, including a clear and practical exposition of four domains of skills and knowledge important for social justice informed social work. The book also contributes to social work pedagogy by offering a comprehensive set of learning outcomes that can be used to design curriculum, teaching and learning, and further research into social justice praxis. This book provides a range of philosophical and critical perspectives to support and inform social work professional knowledge and skills. In its tight knitting together of theory and practice this book links philosophical and moral principles with an understanding of how to engage with social justice in a way that is relevant to social work.

Author : James A. Forte
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317929536

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An Introduction to Using Theory in Social Work Practice by James A. Forte Pdf

An Introduction to Using Theory in Social Work Practice equips the reader to use fourteen key social work theories to guide each phase of the planned change process, from engagement through to evaluation. Suitable for a generalist approach, this book illustrates the value of applying theory to practice in a variety of social work roles, across diverse fields and facing assorted challenges. The first section provides a practical foundation for beginning to use theory in your social work practice. Section two looks at how you can translate and integrate fourteen theories commonly found in social work across each phase of the planned change process. The theories discussed are: behavioural, interpretive anthropology, psychodynamic, evolutionary biology, cognitive, symbolic interactionism, strengths, social constructionism exchange economics, role, ecological, critical, feminist, and systems theory. The final section addresses some key issues for real life social work practice, including common barriers to using theory in practice, the potential for multi-professional communication and theory-sharing, and developing an integrative theoretical model for your own personal practice. Linking to core competencies identified by the Council of Social Work Education, this text supports social work students and practitioners in developing vital skills, including critical thinking, applying theory and the effective use of the planned change process.

Author : Ben Agger
Publisher : Paradigm Pub
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1612051979

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Critical Social Theories by Ben Agger Pdf

This thoroughly updated edition of Critical Social Theories presents a comprehensive analysis of leading social and cultural theories today.Ben Agger covers a diverse range of perspectives, from feminism and cultural studies to postmodernism and critical theory. This new edition traces new developments in theory up to 2012. It also offers a new chapter on challenges to modernity by religious fundamentalism, right-wing politics, terrorism, the decline of civil discourse and globalisation. Particular attention is also given to the changing impact of the Internet on culture, media, politics and personal identity.Critical Social Theories assumes little prior knowledge and is written for undergraduate and graduate students in sociology and other social sciences and humanities.

Author : Kenneth A. Sirotnik,Jeannie Oakes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400942295

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Critical Perspectives on the Organization and Improvement of Schooling by Kenneth A. Sirotnik,Jeannie Oakes Pdf

Major "paradigm shifts"-replacing one "world view" with another regarding what constitutes appropriate knowledge do not happen over night. Centuries usually intervene in the process. Even minor shifts admitting alternative world views into the domain of legitimate knowledge producing theory and practice-require decades of controversy, especially, it seems to us, in the field of education. It has only been in the last 20 years or so that the educational research community has begun to accept the "scientific" credibility of the qualitative approaches to inquiry such as participant observation, case study, ethnogra phy, and the like. In fact, these methods, with their long and distinguished philosophical traditions in phenomenology, have really only come into their own within the last decade. The critical perspective on generating and evaluating knowledge and practice-what this book is mostly about-is in many ways a radical depar ture from both the more traditional quantitative and qualitative perspec tives. The traditional approaches, in fact, are far more similar to one another than they are to the critical perspective. This is the case, in our view, for one crucial reason: Both the more quantitative, empirical-analytic and qualitative, interpretive traditions share a fundamental epistemological commitment: they both eschew ideology and human interests as explicit components in their paradigms of inquiry. Ideology and human interests, however, are the "bread and butter" of a critical approach to inquiry.