A valuable reference to help practising researchers not only to understand but also to apply innovative approaches to social work research.Featuring extended case studies of actual research projects, the book provides an overview of a number of central features and qualities of social work research. It incorporates both distinctive methodological features, such as approaches to participatory inquiry, and provides accounts of researcher strategies to address particular challenges, s...

USS Forrestal (CV-59) was a historic ship that happened to make some history, too. Her crew affectionately knew her as "The FID," an abbreviation for "First In Defense," due to her christening in honor of James V. Forrestal, first Secretary of Defense. She was the first super-carrier of the Cold War. Until her decommissioning in 1993, FID represented the extraordinary cost of the conflict. She was lead ship of her class that included Saratoga, Ranger and Independence. At commissioning, she...