The New Politics of Social Work Practice: Understanding Context to Promote Change

Corruption in Uganda: Does this Have Anything to Do with Social Work?

“…Fundamentally, social work profession should be seen challenging societal barriers, promoting human rights and social justice. Informed by anti-oppressive social work practice, social workers should be cognizant of the fact that most of the human problems in human living emanate from oppressive and inconsiderate political systems that perpetuate social injustices that serve personal interests and grip on power (Mmatli 2008;Chuetal.2009;Reisch and Jani 2012). The principles of human rights and social justice are clearly regarded as fundamental to the practice of social work (Chu et al 2009).…”

Critical Race Theory: A Content Analysis of the Social Work Literature

“…Two of the four articles focused on redefining the practice of social work while two contributed to further advancing clinical social work practice. Reisch and Jani (2012) discuss how political-economic, demographic, ideological and cultural factors have contributed to the change of social work practice. Reisch and Jani (2012) situates social work practice in an increasingly industrialized and politicized context, which the authors confers this new political environment creates implications for social work practice at the micro and macro levels.…”

“…Reisch and Jani (2012) discuss how political-economic, demographic, ideological and cultural factors have contributed to the change of social work practice. Reisch and Jani (2012) situates social work practice in an increasingly industrialized and politicized context, which the authors confers this new political environment creates implications for social work practice at the micro and macro levels. Specifically, the authors conceptualize this new political environment as one consisting of "relationships and activities that reflect power and value differences and which influence critical decisions about the distribution of resources, rights, access, opportunities and status" (Reisch & Jani, 2012, p.1133.…”

“…Reisch and Jani (2012) situates social work practice in an increasingly industrialized and politicized context, which the authors confers this new political environment creates implications for social work practice at the micro and macro levels. Specifically, the authors conceptualize this new political environment as one consisting of "relationships and activities that reflect power and value differences and which influence critical decisions about the distribution of resources, rights, access, opportunities and status" (Reisch & Jani, 2012, p.1133. Conversely, Anastas (2014) suggests the need for the field of social work to develop a practice closely tied to science.…”

The ethics of predictive risk modelling in the Aotearoa/New Zealand child welfare context: Child abuse prevention or neo-liberal tool?

“…Reisch & Jani (2012) emphasise this interconnection between politics and ethics, stating that the term 'politics' includes "…those relationships and activities that reflect power and value differences and which influence critical decisions…" (Reisch andJani, 2012: 1133). Thus, political ideologies, systems designs and ethics are inextricable.…”