CATHERINE MCDONALD is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Work and Applied Human Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia. She has published widely on social work and social policy and has a particular interest in the impact of welfare reform on social work.

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• AcknowledgementsPART ONEPreface to Part OneThe Professional Project in the Context of ChangeModernity, Social Work and the Welfare StateChallenging Social Work: The Economics of ChangeChallenging Social Work: The Politics of ChangeChallenging Social Work: The Ideas of ChangeReconstructing PractitionersReconstructing Service UsersPART TWOPreface to Part TwoEntrepreneurial Social WorkEvidence-Based PracticeCritical PracticeGlobal Social WorkThinking Our Way ForwardBibliography.