Book Review Department : Kulkarni, P. D., Social Policy and Social Development in India. Madras, Association of Schools of Social Work in India, 1979, pp. 137

This chapter identifies three phases of internationalization in social work education. It documents foundation dates of social work courses in a representative range of countries. The foundation phase from the 1920s to 1945 brought together early social work schools in a committee under the leadership of Alice Salomon, the German feminist and social worker. From 1945 to 2000, the establishment phase achieved the adoption of social work education virtually universally, with Katherine Kendall playing an important executive role promoting coordination through the International Association of Schools of Social Work. The end of the Cold War in the 1990s led to the consolidation of the policy and social development work in these earlier phases into an issues-based phase when the Association sought to develop influence on global policy issues of social justice, social conflict and social development. Debates about the nature of international or global social work are explored.

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Institute of social work as a promising tool for social dev

10.33920/pol-01-2005-05 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 31-35

Author(s):

Maria Kudryavtseva

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

Social Policy ◽

Social Development ◽

Cultural Context ◽

Social Assistance ◽

The State ◽

Economic Situation ◽

Promising Tool ◽

The Social ◽

The Relationship

The article examines the relationship between the social policy of the state and the Institute of social work. Some foreign and domestic approaches to defi ning the essence of social work as a specifi c type of activity are presented. It is noted that at a specifi c historical stage, the prevailing directions of social work, models of social assistance and support are determined by the socio-economic situation in the country, the level of social development, and the socio-cultural context. It is emphasized that in the conditions of modern reality, there is a need to develop the Institute of social work and realize its potential.

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Social work academia and social policy in Israel: on the role of social work academics in the policy process

Social Work and the Making of Social Policy ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447349150.003.0006 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 89-104

Author(s):

Idit Weiss-Gal ◽

John Gal

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

Social Policy ◽

Policy Formulation ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Social Work Faculty ◽

Policy Practice ◽

The Social ◽

Schools Of Social Work ◽

Policy Engagement

This study contributes to research on policy practice by enriching our knowledge about the forms that the policy engagement of social work academics takes, the dynamics of this engagement, and the factors associated with it. The study is based on structured interviews with 24 faculty members from schools of social work in Israel, all of whom are actively involved in policy formulation. The findings of the study reveal that participants are motivated by ideology and values to engage in policy and that they do so despite their perception that there is a lack of institutional support for this type of activity. The participants report that they successfully manage to combine their policy-related activities with teaching and research. The study also indicates that the social policy formulation process in Israel offers specific opportunities for the policy engagement of social work faculty.

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