In Part II, we move onto a series of readings that can broadly be described as concerned with knowledge and values. In doing so, we are fully aware of the difficult choices that we had to make. There are gaps and omissions, deliberate and otherwise, and our selection inevitably reflects our own political and personal preferences and value-base, as well as the reality that some voices (particularly those of white men) have been more prominent in the development of social work’s literature-base over the years.