<P><EM>The Routledge Handbook of Critical Social Work</EM> brings together the world¿s leading scholars in the field to provide a cutting-edge overview of classic and current research and future trends in the subject. </P><br/><br/><P>Comprised of 48 chapters divided into six parts: </P><br/><br/><UL><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Historical, social, and political influences </LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Mapping the theoretical and conceptual terrain </LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Methods of engagement and modes of analysis </LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Critical contexts for practice and policy </LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Professional education and socialisation </LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Future challenges, directions, and transformations </LI><br/><br/><P></P></UL><br/><br/><P>it provides an authoritative guide to theory and method, and the primary debates of today in social work from a crit