A Case Study of Applied Scholarship: The British Journal of Social Work 1971–2013

TY - JOUR

T1 - A Case Study of Applied Scholarship: The British Journal of Social Work 1971–2013

AU - Jobling, Hannah Joy Louise

AU - Shaw, Ian Frank

AU - Hyun Jang, Ik

AU - Czarnecki, Sarah Jane

AU - Ramatowski, Ann

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PY - 2017/12/20

Y1 - 2017/12/20

N2 - The British Journal of Social Work (BJSW) has played a significant role in the development of social work as a practice and discipline for over forty years. For the first three decades of its life, the BJSW was the only prominent social work journal published out of the UK and thus is a ‘journal of record’, holding a mirror to the profession. As such, the BJSW has a rich depository of data, which not only tell the story of the journal itself, but contribute significantly to the narrative of social work as an ever-changing field. In this article, we aim to illuminate certain aspects of this narrative by presenting some of the findings from a multiple method historical case study on the BJSW, focusing on the first forty years of the journal. Data consisted of archival records, oral histories and analysis of journal content for the last full year of each of eleven editorial regimes. Here, we foreground the content analysis, giving particular emphasis to evidence regarding trends. We place these findings in the context of social work as a field, and relate them to the projected identity of the journal and to the broader identity of social work.

AB - The British Journal of Social Work (BJSW) has played a significant role in the development of social work as a practice and discipline for over forty years. For the first three decades of its life, the BJSW was the only prominent social work journal published out of the UK and thus is a ‘journal of record’, holding a mirror to the profession. As such, the BJSW has a rich depository of data, which not only tell the story of the journal itself, but contribute significantly to the narrative of social work as an ever-changing field. In this article, we aim to illuminate certain aspects of this narrative by presenting some of the findings from a multiple method historical case study on the BJSW, focusing on the first forty years of the journal. Data consisted of archival records, oral histories and analysis of journal content for the last full year of each of eleven editorial regimes. Here, we foreground the content analysis, giving particular emphasis to evidence regarding trends. We place these findings in the context of social work as a field, and relate them to the projected identity of the journal and to the broader identity of social work.

U2 - 10.1093/bjsw/bcx140

DO - 10.1093/bjsw/bcx140

M3 - Article

SN - 1468-263X

VL - 47

JO - British Journal of Social Work

JF - British Journal of Social Work

IS - 8

ER -