Stephen A. Webb is Professor of Social Work at Glasgow Caledonian University. His research interests focus on social work and social theory, with a focus on ethics, power, politics and community. His article on evidence-based practice published in the British Journal of Social Work was the world's most cited article and the most influential publication in social work over ten years. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

List of contributors; Foreword: Critical social work and social justice - Jan Fook; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Critical social work and the politics of transformation - Stephen A. Webb; PART I: Historical, social and political influences; Chapter One Welfare words, neoliberalism and critical social work - Paul Michael Garrett; Chapter Two Neoliberal relations of poverty and the welfare state - Sanford F. Shram; Chapter Three Marxist Social Work: an international and historical perspective - Tom Vickers; Chapter Four Critical social work in the U.S.: challenges and conflicts - Michael Reisch; Chapter Five The rise of the global state paradigm: implications for social work - Paul Stepney; PART II: Mapping the theoretical and conceptual terrain; Chapter Six Critical theory and critical social work- Edward Granter; Chapter Seven Reimagining social theory for social work - Christopher Thorpe; Chapter Eight Anarchism and social work - Mark Baldwin; Chapter Nine Relational constructivism and relational social work - Björn Kraus; Chapter Ten Extending Bourdieu for critical social work - Stan Houston; Chapter Eleven Why psychosocial thinking is critical - Liz Frost; Chapter Twelve Feminist contributions to critical social work - Viviene E. Cree and Ruth Philips; Chapter Thirteen The politics of Michel Foucault - Paul Michael Garrett; Chapter Fourteen Resistance, biopolitics and radical passivity - Stephen A. Webb; PART III: Methods of engagement and modes of analysis; Chapter Fifteen Critical race theory and social work - Monique Constance-Huggins; /...part contents.