Reshaping Social Work series

Series Editors:
Robert Adams, Lena Dominelli and Malcolm Payne are some of the leading thinkers in the field of Social Work. Between them they have written and edited over 18 books for Palgrave Macmillan, producing best selling and widely used Social Work textbooks in the UK

ROBERT ADAMS is Professor of Social Work, University of Teesside. He has published numerous titles and is the author of Social Policy for Social Work, Empowerment, Participation and Social Work and lead editor of the highly successful trilogy of co-edited texts Social Work, Critical Practice in Social Work and Social Work Futures.

LENA DOMINELLI is Professor of Applied Social Sciences and Head of Social and Community and Youth Work at the University of Durham. She is an academician in the Academy of the Learned Societies for Social Sciences. From 1996 to 2004, she served as President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW). She is widely published, with a number of important sole-authored books to her name, particularly in the areas of feminism and anti-racism. These include: Anti-Oppressive Social Work Theory and Practice; and Anti-Racist Social Work (3rd edition).

MALCOLM PAYNE is Director of Psychosocial and Spiritual Care at St Christopher's Hospice. He is also Emeritus Professor of Community Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Honorary Professor, Kingston University St George's Medical School. He is author of the global best-seller, Modern Social Work Theory, as well as numerous other books including Teamwork in Multiprofessional Care and The Origins of Social Work.


The Reshaping Social Work series aims to develop the knowledge base for critical, reflective practitioners. Each book is designed to:

  • Support students on qualifying social work programmes
  • Update practitioners on critical issues
  • Strengthen research knowledge, critical analysis and skilled practice
  • Help you shape social work to meet future demands


  • Out Now


    Humphries – Social Work Research for Social Justice

    Published April 2008
    Price £18.99


    Smith – Social Work and Power

    Published April 2008
    Price £18.99


    Payne - Social Care Practice in Context

    Pub date October 2008
    Price £18.99


    Ray – Critical Issues in Social Work with Older People

    Pub date October 2008
    Price £18.99



    Coming Soon


    Bhatti-Sinclair
    Anti-Racist Practice in Social Work

    Coming in 2010


    Click here to download the new Reshaping Social Work leaflet

    Invitation to authors
    The Series Editors welcome proposals for new books within the Reshaping Social Work series. Please contact one of the series editors for an initial discussion:

    Robert Adams at rvadams@rvadams.karoo.co.uk
    Lena Dominelli at lena.dominelli@durham.ac.uk
    Malcolm Payne at M.Payne@stchristophers.org.uk

    More Information
    If you would like further information regarding any of these titles please contact:
    Karen Neal

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