Living Up to the Code’s Exhortations? Social Workers’ Political Knowledge Sources, Expectations, and Behaviors

Felderhoff, Brandi Jean; Hoefer, Richard; Watson, Larry

doi:10.1093/sw/swv053

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“…Cross-national comparisons reveal that SWs in New Zealand tend to be more politically active than their counterparts in Australia, South Africa (Gray et al, 2002) and Hong Kong (Chui and Gray, 2004), and US SWs were found to be more politically active than their Swiss counterparts (Ostrander et al, 2021). Studies on voting, the most common form of VPP, indicate that the level among SWs was higher than that of the general public in the US (Felderhoff et al, 2016), Canada (Douglas, 2008), New Zealand, South Africa (Gray et al, 2002) and Hong Kong (Chui and Gray, 2004).…”

Section: Researching the Extentmentioning

confidence: 97%

The policy engagement of social workers: a research overview

Gal

Weiss‐Gal

2023

European Social Work Research

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Policy engagement by social workers that seeks to impact public policies that advance social justice and human rights has, and continues to be, a core component of the social work profession. This has also led to a growing volume of research focusing upon the routes that social workers can take to be part of the policy formulation process. The aim of this article is to provide a research overview of five policy routes, which include two civic routes, specifically voluntary political participation and holding elected office, and three professional routes, specifically policy practice, academic policy engagement and policy participation through professional organisations. The overview expands our knowledge on contemporary research trends regarding the level of engagement in each route, the form that this takes and the factors that explain it. The factors that have been identified in the research literature as impacting social workers’ policy engagement will draw upon the policy engagement conceptual framework. The methodologies employed in the studies are discussed. Finally, the article concludes by identifying under-researched facets of social workers’ policy engagement and suggesting a research agenda for the field.

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Section: Researching the Extentmentioning

confidence: 97%

The policy engagement of social workers: a research overview

Gal

Weiss‐Gal

2023

European Social Work Research

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“…Studies into social work and politics in the United States (U.S.) have typically centered around the rates and types of political participation among social work practitioners and social work students. In fact, the literature has identified that social workers are more politically active than the general population and tend to participate in political activities that require lower levels of political engagement, such as voting (Domanski, 1998;Ezell, 1993;Felderhoff et al, 2016;Hamilton & Fauri, 2001;Mary, 2001;Ritter, 2007;Rome & Hoechstetter, 2010;Wolk, 1981). However, there is a subset of political social work literature that has explored the political ideology and policy preference of social work practitioners and students.…”

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2023

Int J SW Values and Ethics

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opinion) the idealistic world I that imagined. Many appeared to be focused on self and success, and often to the detriment of collegiality, cooperation, and an active concern for others. But met Steve Marson and Sherry Edwards. Immediately, Steve and Sherry (both social workers by the way), took me under their wing and provided the calm, nurturing environment needed for potential success. I had opportunities to engage and build potential collaborations as well as learn my new world. I grew to know and appreciate many other talented individuals in my discipline (i.e., sociology) and it was through them, I became more confident, calm, and resolute in that I deserve to be here in this brave new world.So, what about IJSWV&E? This was one vehicle which helped me appreciate the talent, sustaining values and desire to move to something better in service to the profession and society at large. It provided an opportunity as well as a resource; the journal provided the vehicle and opportunity to keep up, appreciate, and revel in the contributions of others to the field, discipline and to humanity. I am fortunate and will always be proud of my minor association with The

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“…Although several studies have used non-probability sampling to understand the political participation of social workers (Felderhoff, Hoefer, & Watson, 2015;Swank, 2012), most studies on this subject have used random sampling (Hamilton & Fauri, 2001), often of NASW members (Ezell, 1993;Parker & Sherraden, 1992;Ritter, 2008;Rome & Hoechstetter, 2010;Wolk, 1981). The MLSWS is a nonprobability sample.…”

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confidence: 99%

Political Primacy and MSW Students' Interest in Running for Office

Meehan

2020

ASW

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Although social workers are understood to participate in politics more than the general public, little is known about their interest in running for office. To understand how individuals in "helping" professions like social work may think about running for office, this study introduces the concept of political primacy. Political primacy refers to the value individuals assign to elected office's ability to make a difference, relative to alternative ways of making a difference. Using data from the Michigan Law & Social Work Study, representing a sample of 545 MSW and 200 JD students across Michigan, political primacy was shown to significantly predict MSW students' interest in running for office at the local level. Consequently, the more MSW students see elected office as a more effective way of making a difference than alternatives, the more interested they will be in running for office. Implications for social work education are discussed, including the socialization of social work students into politics.

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Living Up to the Code’s Exhortations? Social Workers’ Political Knowledge Sources, Expectations, and Behaviors

Cited by 18 publications

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The policy engagement of social workers: a research overview

The policy engagement of social workers: a research overview

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