Routledge Advances in Social Work
Social Work, Young Migrants and the Act of Listening: Becoming an Unaccompanied Child
1st Edition
By Marcus Herz, Philip Lalander
August 29, 2022
This book is about 20 young unaccompanied refugees who have sought refuge in Europe and how they experience and try to navigate their new situations, including their contacts with social workers, friends and family members left behind. The book contains stories of powerlessness and frustration from...
Post-Anthropocentric Social Work: Critical Posthuman and New Materialist Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Vivienne Bozalek, Bob Pease
August 01, 2022
This book seeks to trouble taken-for-granted assumptions of anthropocentrism and humanism in social work - those which perpetuate human privilege and human exceptionalism. The edited collection provides a different imaginary for social work by introducing ways of thinking otherwise that ...
Rights-Based Community Practice and Academic Activism in a Turbulent World: Putting Theory into Practice in Israel, Palestine and Jordan
1st Edition
By Jim Torczyner
August 01, 2022
Drawing on a theoretical model of coexistence premised on universality, reciprocity and inclusion, this book focusses on the development of academic social work programs and cross-border partnerships to promote social justice and peace in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan. Using the model of ...
Challenges, Opportunities and Innovations in Social Work Field Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Ronnie Egan, Nicole Hill, Wendy Rollins
May 30, 2022
This book collates and analyses the current research, debates, opportunities and practices in social work field education into one volume and contextualises this material within the broader context of social work. Current concerns about risk and uncertainty in field education are explored from ...
The Challenge of Right-wing Nationalist Populism for Social Work: A Human Rights Approach
1st Edition
Edited
By Carolyn Noble, Goetz Ottmann
May 06, 2022
Right-wing nationalist populism poses direct attacks on social tolerance, human rights discourse, political debates, the survival of the welfare state and its universal services, impacting on the roles of social work. This book demonstrates how right-wing nationalist populism can and must be ...
Reforming Child Welfare in the Post-Soviet Space: Institutional Change in Russia
1st Edition
Edited
By Meri Kulmala, Maija Jäppinen, Anna Tarasenko, Anna Pivovarova
April 29, 2022
This book provides new and empirically grounded research-based knowledge and insights into the current transformation of the Russian child welfare system. It focuses on the major shift in Russia’s child welfare policy: deinstitutionalisation of the system of children’s homes inherited from the ...
Women, Vulnerabilities and Welfare Service Systems
1st Edition
Edited
By Marjo Kuronen, Elina Virokannas, Ulla Salovaara
April 29, 2022
This book studies welfare systems in Europe and beyond from the standpoint of women in vulnerable positions in society. These systems are under major transformations with new models of service delivery and management, austerity measures, requirements for cost-effectiveness, marketization, and the ...
Responsibilisation at the Margins of Welfare Services
1st Edition
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By Kirsi Juhila, Suvi Raitakari, Christopher Hall
March 31, 2021
The impetus for this book is the shift in welfare policy in Western Europe from state responsibilities to individual and community responsibilities. The book examines the ways in which policies associated with advanced liberalism and New Public Management can be identified as influencing ...
Social Work in a Glocalised World
1st Edition
Edited
By Mona Livholts, Lia Bryant
March 04, 2020
This engaging and timely volume contributes new knowledge to the rapidly emerging field of globalisation and social work. The volume brings together cutting-edge interdisciplinary scholarship from countries such as Australia, Finland, Japan, South Africa, the Philippines and Sweden. It proposes ‘...
Everyday Social Justice and Citizenship: Perspectives for the 21st Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Ann Marie Mealey, Pam Jarvis, Jonathan Doherty, Jan Fook
September 11, 2019
Social justice is a concept which is widely touted and lauded as desirable, yet its meaning may differ depending on whether its focus is on the underlying values of social justice, the more specific objectives these entail, or the actual practices or policies which aim to achieve social justice. In...
Reciprocal Relationships and Well-being: Implications for Social Work and Social Policy
1st Edition
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By Maritta Törrönen, Carol Munn-Giddings, Laura Tarkiainen
September 11, 2019
A sense of participation and opportunities to share and participate in activities or groups that are important to them are crucial factors in human wellbeing. This book provides a robust empirical and theoretical analysis of reciprocity and its implications for social work and social policy ...
Transitions From Care to Independence:: Supporting Young People Leaving State Care to Fulfil Their Potential
1st Edition
By Jennifer Driscoll
September 11, 2019
This important book focuses on the critical role of educational achievement for the wellbeing and success of vulnerable youth in adulthood. It is concerned with three interconnected issues: the support which is or should be afforded to youth ageing out of state care to enable them to fulfil their ...