UID:
almahu_9949315007102882
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 235 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781447349174 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Research in social work.
Content:
Bringing together international case studies, this book offers theoretical and empirical insights into the interaction between social work and social policy.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).
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Front cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 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.
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5. Social reform in the US: lessons from the Progressive Era6. 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.
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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; Index; Back cover.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781447349150
Language:
English
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781447349174/type/BOOK
