Politics of social work and social policy
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This article examines Philippine social work under martial law. The article begins with an account of the assault on human rights under the Marcos regime. It then outlines the response of the mainstream professional community to the... more
Course Description: This course discusses the development and structure of the welfare state from a comparative historical and political sociological perspective. Locating the welfare state within the broader context of the development... more
In one of the first volumes to address social work practice with this emergent and often marginalized population, practitioners and scholars specializing in transnational issues develop a framework for transnational social work practice.... more
There is a significant blind spot in social work ethics and values which requires our attention. In previous articles (Webb & McBeath, 1989, 1990) it has been observed that mainstream ethics in social work, and particularly the British... more
"Vancouver’s Ethical Purchasing Policy: A Participatory Public Policy Process Highlights and Key Findings: • This chapter is an analytic narrative of how Vancouver’s Ethical Purchasing Policy was written. This empirically grounded... more
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This paper proposes to critically examine the LGBTphobic comments of social workers against the content of the video For Social Work there is no "gay cure", created by the Brazilian Federal Council of Social Work (CFESS). Thus, based on... more
Este artigo procura sintetizar o estado da arte das políticas públicas destinadas a promover uma sociedade mais inclusiva, e em que as pessoas com deficiências ou incapacidades façam parte de um projecto partilhado por todos com mais... more
The Social Work Department are seeking to appoint a new lecturer to join a highly successful and ambitious group of social work academics. We are committed to the delivery of an excellent student experience and the continued development... more
Estudiantes del Departamento de Trabajo Social de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Río Piedras, crearon este video como un proyecto especial del curso TSOC 4305, Politicas de drogas desde un Modelo de Salud Publica. Su proposito es... more
This paper focuses on a special and vulnerable group amongst young people, so called: NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training). Between the NEET young people in Hungary, two groups can be divided according to their status: they... more
This article explores the experiences of individuals who work with men who are violent, focusing in particular on the differential gendered impacts of this area of practice. Violence intervention is widely recognized as work that is... more
Todo lo cubre, la imagen de que se trabaja febrilmente por modernizar al país. La voluntad de los grupos tecnocráticos del gobierno aparece 'como avanzando sobre economía, política e incluso ideología. Las cúpula de importantes fuerzas de... more
La discusión de la actual reforma laboral debe considerar los saldos históricos de la relación entre capital y trabajo en México.
Patrick Kyanda is currently working as an independent Political and Social Analyst with the BBC,The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. It is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, and is the... more
A postcolonial feminist social work (PCFSW) perspective is an essential theoretical framework with which to analyze global food insecurity and proposed solutions to this urgent social problem. In this article, the PCFSW perspective is... more