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Social work and the making of social policy

Bristol : Policy Press, 2019

Summary note: Bringing together international case studies, this book offers theoretical and empirical insights into the interaction between social work and social policy

Bibliographic Information


Format: Book
Subject: Social service
Social policy
Publication Year:2021
Language:English
Published:Bristol : Policy Press, 2019
ISBN:9781447349167
1447349164
Series:Research in Social Work
Notes:Includes bilographic referencs and index
Contents note : 1. Introduction: social work and the making of social policy; Part I: Social work, problem definition and agenda setting; 2. Social work as policy innovator: challenges and possibilities in the UK; 3. Social work, problem definition and policy change in the US: the case of sex-trafficked youth; 4. The voices of Italian social workers: from a pilot anti-poverty intervention to a national policy; Part II: Social work interests in policy formulation and decision making; 5. Social reform in the US: lessons from the Progressive Era 6. Social work academia and social policy in Israel: on the role of social work academics in the policy process; 7. Social workers' collective policy practice in times of austerity: Italy and Spain compared; 8. Social policy and welfare movements 'from below': the Social Work Action Network (SWAN) in the UK; Part III: Social work and implementation; 9. Policy work and the ethics of obedience and resistance: perspectives from Britain and beyond; 10. Systemic barriers to effective implementation of child protection reform in Israel 11. Social workers implementing social assistance in Spain : reshaping poverty in a familialistic welfare state12. Layering, social risks and manufactured uncertainties in social work in Poland; 13. 'A little more humanity': placement officers in Germany between social work and social policy; 14. Conclusion: social work and the making of social policy -- lessons learned
Course: SW360
SW507

Availability at HKSYU Library


Location Call number Status
English Book (4/F) 361.3 SOC 2021 Available