
Social Work in Scotland offers a comprehensive and timely account which charts the profession's history; locates present day social work within a changing political and cultural context; outlines the topography of current services, identifying key policy and practice features...

Scotland has changed, politically and culturally, in recent years, with persistent demands for independence culminating in a referendum in 2014. On this fluid political landscape, social welfare can be co-opted towards a wider 'nation-building' project. As a result, social...