When Social Workers Impact Policy and Don’t Just Implement It

A Framework for Understanding Policy Engagement

John Gal, Idit Weiss-Gal (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

184 Seiten

2022
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-6475-7 (ISBN)

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Rather than being seen simply as social policy implementors, in recent decades there has been recognition of the unique insights that social workers can bring to policy formulation. This book offers a theoretical framework for understanding why social workers engage in policy, and the implications for research, education and practice.

Rather than being seen simply as social policy implementors, in recent decades there has been increasing recognition of social workers as professionals with unique knowledge and insights to contribute to policy formulation and social justice.

This book offers a path-breaking, evidence-based theoretical framework for understanding why social workers engage in policy, both as professionals and citizens, and the impact of their actions. Drawing on concepts from social work and the political, sociological and policy sciences, the authors set out the implications of this framework for research, education and practice.

John Gal is Full Professor and former Dean at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Idit Weiss-Gal is a Full Professor and former Head of the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel Aviv University.

1. Introduction

2. On the social work–social policy interface

3. The environments

4. Opportunity

5. Facilitation

6. Motivation

7. Explaining the policy engagement of social workers and beyond

Erscheinungsdatum	17.11.2022
Reihe/Serie	Research in Social Work
Zusatzinfo	2 Tables, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4473-6475-9 / 1447364759
ISBN-13	978-1-4473-6475-7 / 9781447364757
Zustand	Neuware