Soziale Arbeit mit Familien

Uhlendorff, Uwe; Euteneuer, Matthias; Sabla, Kim-Patrick

doi:10.36198/9783838539133

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“…This change is accompanied by the withdrawing of the welfare state and the reduction of public expenditure, which is infl uencing the provision of social services and the living conditions of many citizens directly, but more vulnerable people -e.g. people with disabilities, unemployed people, young families and single mothers, (ethnic) minorities or elderly people -are most severely affected (Uhlendorff et al 2013;Schilling and Klus 2015).…”

Section: Social Policy and Social Work In Germanymentioning

confidence: 99%

Transnational Social Work and Social Welfare

Clarke¹

2016

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The underlying frame of social work is the nation state, and it is from within the state that welfare strategies and social policies are devised and implemented. However, post-colonialism, globalisation, migration and the associated implications for human rights, social justice and social welfare policies contest the idea of a clearly defi ned space for social work and present new challenges for researchers and practitioners.Transnational Social Work and Social Welfare argues for the increased importance of the transnational perspective in social work theory and practice. The book challenges the idea of the nation state as a given entity and argues that globalisation and an increasing number of people crossing borders must have an impact on the theories and strategies of social work. The international contributors are critical of a restricted focus on a geographically defi ned space and the impact on work with clients.With cases covering China,

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Section: Social Policy and Social Work In Germanymentioning

confidence: 99%