The Oxford Handbook of Power, Politics, and Social Work (Oxford Handbooks)

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The Oxford Handbook of Power, Politics, and Social Work
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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Introduction: The New Politics of Social Work—​Teaching, Learning, and Practice in a Global Society
	Introduction to Part I: Sociopolitical Context and the Making of Social Work Education
		1. The Sociopolitical Historical Process of Social Work Education in Turkey
		2. The Influence of Neoliberal Economic Policy on the Emancipatory Mission of Social Work
		3. Challenges of Social Work Education in Slovenia: Between the Needs of People and the Expectations of Government
		4. Keeping Social Work Education Relevant in Singapore
		5. Training and Professional Practice of Brazilian Social Work and the Impacts of the Hegemony of the Radical and Critical Approach
Introduction to Part II: Power, Politics, and Social Work Education
	6. Dynamics of Power, Politics, and Social Work Education and Practice in South Korea
	7. Making Sense of Power and Politics in Everyday Practice through the 3 Ps
	8. Power, Politics, and Social Work in England
	9. Politicized Social Work and Value Conflicts: An Account of Sri Lanka’s Understanding
	10. Power, Politics, and Social Work Education: Reflections from India and China
	11. Women and the Evolution of Gender-​Sensitive Social Work Education in China before and after Economic Reform
	12. A Critical Framework for Teaching Power and Politics in Social Work Education
	13. Making Social Work Education Relevant under a Popular Authoritarian Regime
	14. The Role of State, Power, and Politics in Social Work Management Education in Germany: Current Curricula, Practice, and Teaching Revisited
	15. Power and Politics in Collaborative Social Work: Experiences from Sri Lanka
	16. Reinventing Social Work Education in Thailand
	17. Promoting Diversity in Social Work Education in England through Work-​Based Route
Introduction to Part III: The Interplay between Power and Politics in Practice Education
	18. Direct Practice and Social Change: Suggestions for Social Work Practice
	19. Social Work and Professional Representation: How Power and Politics Have Shaped the Identity of Social Workers in Canada
	20. Specifics of the Supervision of Social Workers in the Slovak Republic
	21. Collaborative Social Work Student Supervision
	22. On the Cultivation of the Practical Capability of the Master of Social Work Degree—​Based on the MSW Program at The University
	23. Professional Boundaries in Social Work Practice: Managing Ethical Distress When Resisting Organizational and Systemic Oppression
	24. “We Are Open, the Door Is Just Very Heavy”: The Politicization of Social Work Education Admissions Decision-​making in England
Introduction to Part IV: Conceptualizing Social Change through Social Work Education
	25. Social Service Reform, Education, and the Professionalization of Social Work: The Case of Child Protection Services in Albania
	26. Social Justice as Participatory Parity: Introducing a Framework for Social Work Practice in Global Cities
	27. A Comparative Analysis of Visits by the UN Special Rapporteur to the United States and to the European Union
	28. The Policy of Decentralization in Ukraine: Threats and Opportunities for Community Work
	29. Educational Challenges in Italian Social Work: Between Professionalization and Bureaucratization
	30. The Interplay of Social Work Education and the Heritage of Communism in Shaping the Engagement of Social Work Students as Social Change Agents
	31. Italian Social Workers as Agents of Change: Past, Present, and Future
	32. Prefiguration Theory in Political Social Work: Possibilities for Bottom-​Up Social Action through the Creation of Alternative Helping Institutions
Introduction to Part V: The New Politics of Professional Identity
	33. The Professional Status of Social Work in the Republic of Cyprus
	34. The Influence of the Imagined Community of Social Workers on the Constructed “Correctness” of Social Work Performance in Education and Practice of Social Work with Families
	35. Challenges of the Transformation of Social Policy and Social Work in Contemporary Russia
	36. Professional Imperialism, Colonial Legacy, and Crisis in Indian Social Work: New Directions after 2018
	37. Examining Racism and Settler-​Colonialism in Canadian Social Work Education: (Re)Shaping the Contours of Curriculum and Pedagogy
	38. From England to Canada with Care and Social Control: Tracing the Trajectories of Social Work Education and Practice in Canada
	39. Asymmetrical Relationships in International Developmental Social Work Practices: A Call for the Co-​creation of Knowledge
	40. The Role of the State in the Development and Professionalization of Social Work: A Voice from a Fragile Democratic Regime
Introduction to Part VI: The Future of Social Work Education and Practice
	41. Care-​Experienced Social Workers as Relational Activists in the United Kingdom
	42. “Strange Bedfellows”: A Critical History of Social Work and the Working Class in the UK
	43. Governmentalizing the “Social Work Subject”: ​Social Work in Ireland in the Era of Corporate Governance: A Sociological Analysis
	44. Strengthening the Resilience of Students and Social Workers
	45. Training the Social Work Students of the Next Generation: The Role of Academia
	46. Sociohistorical Evolution of the Chilean Juvenile Criminal Judicial System and Its Relationship with Public Policy
	47. Looking for Transformation in Social Work: Professional Resistance as an Analytical Counterpoint
	48. Global Migration and Control Politics: Defending Human Rights in International Social Work
	49. Social Work Education and Global Social Change in the United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, and the United States
	50. The Social Media Paradox: Information and Ethics Dilemmas in Future Social Work Practice
	51. Reinventing Social Work Education in a Superdiverse Global Society: Where Have We Got To?
Index