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Social workers affecting social policy : an international perspective on policy practice / edited by John Gal and Idit Weiss-Gal.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : The Policy Press, 2014Description: viii, 215 s. : illContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 978-1-84742-973-5
  • 978-1-84742-974-2
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361.61 23
Contents:
Policy practice in social work : an introduction / John Gal and Idit Weiss-Gal -- Social workers affecting social policy in Australia / Philip Mendes -- Social workers affecting policy in England / Graeme Simpson -- Social workers affecting policy in Israel / Idit Weiss-Gal -- Social workers affecting policy in Italy / Annamaria Campanini and Carla Facchini -- Social workers affecting policy in Russia / Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova and Pavel Romanov -- Social workers affecting policy in Spain / María-Asunción Martínez-Román -- Social workers affecting policy in Sweden / Katarina H. Thorén and Tapio Salonen -- Social workers affecting policy in the US / Richard Hoefer -- An international perspective on policy practice / Idit Weiss-Gal and John Gal.
Summary: "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?' and 'how do social workers influence social policy in various national settings?' These issues are relevant to social worker practitioners, students, educators and researchers, as well as to social policy scholars, who are interested in the role of professionals in social policy formulation"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Policy practice in social work : an introduction / John Gal and Idit Weiss-Gal -- Social workers affecting social policy in Australia / Philip Mendes -- Social workers affecting policy in England / Graeme Simpson -- Social workers affecting policy in Israel / Idit Weiss-Gal -- Social workers affecting policy in Italy / Annamaria Campanini and Carla Facchini -- Social workers affecting policy in Russia / Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova and Pavel Romanov -- Social workers affecting policy in Spain / María-Asunción Martínez-Román -- Social workers affecting policy in Sweden / Katarina H. Thorén and Tapio Salonen -- Social workers affecting policy in the US / Richard Hoefer -- An international perspective on policy practice / Idit Weiss-Gal and John Gal.

"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?' and 'how do social workers influence social policy in various national settings?' These issues are relevant to social worker practitioners, students, educators and researchers, as well as to social policy scholars, who are interested in the role of professionals in social policy formulation"-- Provided by publisher.

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