Social workers affecting social policy: An International perspective
John Gal and Idit Weiss-Gal
Abstract
Furthering social justice and human rights is a fundamental principle underlying the social work profession. Engaging in social policy formulation processes is a major route through which social workers can realise this goal. This type of social work activity has been termed “policy practice”. The aim of this book is to shed light on policy practice in social work discourse, education and practice in eight liberal democracies. This is the first effort to undertake a cross-national study of social worker engagement in social policy formulation processes. The book offers insights into questions ... More
Furthering social justice and human rights is a fundamental principle underlying the social work profession. Engaging in social policy formulation processes is a major route through which social workers can realise this goal. This type of social work activity has been termed “policy practice”. The aim of this book is to shed light on policy practice in social work discourse, education and practice in eight liberal democracies. This is the first effort to undertake a cross-national study of social worker engagement in social policy formulation processes. The book offers insights into questions such as: What is the importance attributed to social worker involvement in policy change in the social work discourse and education in different countries? Does social work education train social workers to influence social policy? And, how do social workers influence social policy in various national settings?
Keywords:
social work,
social policy,
policy practice,
cross-national
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2013 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781847429735 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: September 2013 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781847429735.001.0001 |
