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Social Work as an Action Science: A Perspective from Europe
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Sommerfeld, Peter – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
It is a surprising fact that social work is not conceived as a scientific discipline in many countries and especially in the United States. It is surprising because the extent of academic social work programs and the scientific output of people working at schools of social work are significant. And it is surprising anyway if social work is…
Descriptors: Social Work, Social Sciences, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education