social work, research, Europe,

Research is important in any discipline in order to develop theory and a knowledge base that can be used to evidence the efficacy (or otherwise) of various interventions, policies, or approaches. This is particularly important for social work, which is often not viewed as a ?proper? academic discipline with robust research underpinning it. Introduction deals with description of importance of research for social work across Europe. Describe a methodological base of all papers.