CONTENTS // About the Author xii // Preface xiii // Acknowledgements xv // Part 1 Critical Potential and Current Challenges 1 // 1 The Critical Tradition of Social Work 3 // 2 Current Contexts of Practice: Challenges and Possibilities 21 // Part 2 Rethinking Ideas 37 // 3 New Ways of Knowing 39 // 4 Power 53 // 5 Discourse, Language and Narrative 65 // 6 Identity and Difference 82 // Part 3 Redeveloping Practices 101 // 7 Critical Deconstruction and Reconstruction 103 // 8 Empowerment 119 // 9 Problem Conceptualisation and Assessment 132 // 10 Narrative Strategies 150 // 11 Contextual Practice: Strategies for Working in and with Contexts 161 // 12 Ongoing Learning 178 // Glossary 193 // References 197 // Index 209