Book Reviews

2000 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-144
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Battered Women ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Intimate Violence ◽  
Safety Planning ◽  
International Social

Book reviews: Hugman, Richard, Social Welfare and Social Value: The Role of Caring Professions (reviewed by Ramesh Mishra); Mullard, M. and P. Spicker, Social Policy in a Changing Society (reviewed by Ann Lavan); Lyons, K., International Social Work: Themes and Perspectives (reviewed by Paul Stubbs); Blakemore, Ken, Social Policy: An Introduction (reviewed by Jill Manthorpe); Smithies, Jan and Georgina Webster, Community Involvement in Health: From PAssive Receipts to Active Participants (reviewed by Pat Shannon); Davies, J., E. Lyon and D. Monti-Catania, Safety Planning with Battered Women: Complex Lives/Difficult Choices (reviewed by Robert Harding); Bergen, Racquel Kennedy(ed), Issues in Intimate Violence (reviewed by Michael Crawford); Marmor, Theodore R. and Philip R. De Jong, Social Security and Affordability (reviewed by Dr. Gail Wilson); Chambon, Adrienne S.; Allan Irvine and Laura Epstein Eds., Reading Foucault for Social Work (reviewed by Bob Mulally)

Issues for the future of international social work education

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gurid Aga Askeland ◽  
Malcolm Payne
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
International Association ◽  
Full Range ◽  
International Social Work ◽  
International Social Work Education ◽  
The Future ◽  
Work Education ◽  
International Social

The chapter presents a content analysis and discussion of interviews with most of the awardees and of biographies of others who received the Katherine Kendall Award, focused on their views on the future of international social work and its education. Debate on the future role of the International Association of Schools of Social Work is also reviewed. Weaknesses in the representation of the full range of international social work education by the Association and the Award are considered. Ways of strengthening representation through greater involvement from the Global South and better funding of representation are explored.

Social Work's Evolution in the United Kingdom: A Study of Community Care and Social Control

2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. David Harrison
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Model Of Practice

Community social work was a model of practice that was advocated by many roughly from the late 1970s through the 1980s, in the United Kingdom. The approach faded as the field of social work and social services changed drastically in subsequent years. This study conducted in 2006 and 2007, follows up a 1984 study of community social work advocates to learn how the same people understood the changes that occurred over more than 20 years. A total of 9 of the original 30 participants discussed the important role of social policy and social changes that appear to have led toward more individualized, mechanistic, and often control-oriented services.

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

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.

SOCIJALNA ZAŠTITA KAO DEO FORMALNE DRUŠTVENE REAKCIJE NA KRIMINALITET MALOLETNIKA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Snežana Soković ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Response ◽  
Juvenile Criminality ◽  
Prevention And Treatment

Social work and crime prevention are synergistically linked: crime prevention and treatment of offenders are an integral part of social policy, and solving social problems is a strong factor in crime prevention, which is why social work presents an important segment of the formal social response to crime. Social protection institutions have a particularly important role in combating juvenile delinquency. The paper analyzes the place and role of social work and social protection services in the formal reaction of society to juvenile criminality in the context of contemporary criminological knowledge about the etiology of juvenile delinquency. The situation, problems and perspectives of social work in the function of prevention of juvenile criminality in Serbia are especially analyzed.

scholarly journals Attitudes Toward Same-Gender Adoption and Parenting: An Analysis of Surveys from 16 Countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 444-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darrel Montero
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Social Advocacy ◽  
Same Gender

Globally, little progress has been made toward the legalization of same-gender adoption. Of the nearly 200 United Nations members, only 15 countries with populations of 3 million or more have approved LGBT adoption without restrictions. The objectives of this paper are, first, to provide a brief background of the obstacles confronting same-gender adoption including the role of adoption agencies and parenting issues; second, to discuss the current legal status of the 15 countries which have approved same-gender adoption without restrictions; third, to report on recent public opinion regarding the legalization of same-gender adoption and parenting, drawing from previously published surveys conducted in 16 countries; and, fourth, to explore the implications for social work practice including social advocacy and social policy implementation.

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