Making a Difference in Families: Research That Creates Change

Title page......Page 1
Contents......Page 3
Contributors......Page 5
Dedication and acknowledgements......Page 11
Figures......Page 12
Introduction: Making a difference......Page 13
1 Empowerment-based evaluation: Research and social change......Page 27
2 Optimising the relationships between research, policy and practice: A systemic model......Page 47
3 A model for Maori research: Te whakaeke i te ao rangahau o te Maori......Page 67
4 Disabled people and research: Putting families first......Page 86
5 Action research with families/whanau and communities......Page 105
6 Clients as researchers: The benefits of strengths-based research......Page 125
7 Mandatory social work: Research with vulnerable families......Page 142
8 Strengthening practice through research: Research in organisations......Page 163
9 Evaluation research in social programmes: The centrality of families......Page 183
10 Comparative family policy research......Page 205
Endnotes......Page 223
Index......Page 241