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Social work is often presented as a benevolent and politically neutral profession, avoiding discussion about its sometimes troubling political histories. This book rethinks social work's legacy and history of both political resistance and complicity with oppressive and punitive practices. Using a comparative approach with international case studies, the book uncovers the role of social workers in politically tense episodes of recent history, including the anti-racist struggle in the US and the impact of colonialism in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. As the de-colonisation of curricula and the Black Lives Matter movement gain momentum, this fascinating book skilfully navigates social work's collective political past while considering its future.

Offers an integrated history of social work, which has previously been explored in ways segregated by disciplines.

Studierende der Sozialen Arbeit finden in diesem Buch einen Leitfaden für ihr Studienfach – von den Anfängen der Armenfürsorge über Theorien und Methoden bis hin zu heutigen Berufsbildern und dem professionellen Selbstverständnis. Das Buch hilft den Studierenden dabei, • die Entwicklung des Studienfaches nachzuvollziehen, • die Ziele, Aufgaben und Methoden des Arbeitsfeldes kennen zu lernen, • die Berufsfelder in der Sozialen Arbeit zu differenzieren, • theoretische Modelle zu verstehen. Didaktische Elemente, Fragen zum Text bzw. zur Prüfungsvorbereitung und Zusammenfassungen erleichtern die Arbeit mit diesem Buch. Mit der mittlerweile 8. Auflage zählt das Buch zu den Standardwerken im Studium Soziale Arbeit. utb+: Leser:innen erhalten zusätzlich zum Buch ausführliche Prüfungsfragen mit Antworten als digitales Zusatzmaterial, um das erlernte Wissen zu überprüfen und zu vertiefen.

São vários os méritos deste livro, destacamos apenas dois: o primeiro é a radical superação do histórico endogenismo de que enfermou o estudo do processo constitutivo da profissão, herança do velho conservadorismo; o segundo é a amplitude do seu horizonte analítico, que vai além das fronteiras brasileiras e latino-americanas. Para os profissionais do Serviço Social, este livro recupera criticamente a sua história recente (1960-1980) e lhes oferece parâmetros para a análise da sua contemporaneidade. Para os leitores da área das ciências sociais, atesta a maturidade intelectual alcançada pelos assistentes sociais no continente (e também na Europa Ocidental e nos Estados Unidos).

This book explores the role and impact of the settlement house movement in the global development of social welfare and the social work profession. It traces the transnational history of settlement houses and examines the interconnections between the settlement house movement, other social and professional movements and social research. Looking at how the settlement house movement developed across different national, cultural and social boundaries, this book show that by understanding its impact, we can better understand the wider global development of social policy, social research and the social work profession.

International Social Work: Professional Action in an Interdependent World, Third Edition, is a comprehensive treatment of all dimensions of international social work. The authors'four-part framework includes domestic practice and policy influenced by global forces, professional exchange, international practice, and global social policy. The first section of the book explores globalization, development and human rights as foundational concepts for international social work. The text then provides an overview of global social issues and international organizations related to social welfare. Part II offers an overview of the global history of the profession. Similarities and differences in social work around the world are examined through seven country examples. Part III provides an extensive discussion of current aspects of the global profession, with chapters on ethics, social policy, international development practice, and practice at the international/domestic interface. Modalities of international professional exchange are then explored prior to a concluding chapter that provides recommendations for international action. The text is enlivened by numerous case examples, drawn from many parts of the world. The history chapters include brief biographies of noted social workers on the international scene whose accomplishments serve as inspiration for readers. The text is extensively referenced with updated professional literature and intergovernmental documents. Carefully selected items in the appendix expand the usefulness of the book.

This book traces the origins and development of social work as we now know it. Providing an ambitious synthesis of historical and international material, it explores the different faces of social work, whether defined by social policy developments, professionalization, changes in client group, or shifts in practice orientation. This is a unique book undertaken by an author with a strong international reputation and, as such, it promises to be a landmark for years to come in the social work literature.

A Violent History of Benevolence traces how normative histories of liberalism, progress, and social work enact and obscure systemic violences. Chris Chapman and A.J. Withers explore how normative social work history is structured in such a way that contemporary social workers can know many details about social work's violences, without ever imagining that they may also be complicit in these violences. Framings of social work history actively create present-day political and ethical irresponsibility, even among those who imagine themselves to be anti-oppressive, liberal, or radical. The authors document many histories usually left out of social work discourse, including communities of Black social workers (who, among other things, never removed children from their homes involuntarily), the role of early social workers in advancing eugenics and mass confinement, and the resonant emergence of colonial education, psychiatry, and the penitentiary in the same decade. Ultimately, A Violent History of Benevolence aims to invite contemporary social workers and others to reflect on the complex nature of contemporary social work, and specifically on the present-day structural violences that social work enacts in the name of benevolence.

Die 7., aktualisierte und stark erweiterte Auflage wurde inhaltlich ergänzt sowie um aktuelle Entwicklungen innerhalb des Theoriediskurses in der Sozialen Arbeit und um neue, inzwischen etablierte Theorieansätze erweitert. Dabei wurden folgende AutorInnen in das Standardwerk für die Soziale Arbeit neu aufgenommen: -Margit Brückner, die sich mit Geschlechterverhältnissen, Sozialer Arbeit und Care befasst -Rudolf Leiprecht und Paul Mecheril mit ihrer diversitätsbewussten und rassismuskritischen Sozialen Arbeit -Ulrich Deinet und Christian Reutlinger, die zur Aneignung Sozialer Räume und der Gestaltung von sozialer und individueller Entwicklung forschen -Björn Kraus zur Problematik von Erkennen und Entscheiden zwischen Lebenswelt und Lebenslage aus konstruktivistischer Perspektive -Dieter Röh mit seiner befähigungsorientierten Auseinandersetzung über Gerechtigkeit und das gute Leben Damit werden nun 31 Theorien in vier Teilen dargestellt und jeweils zeithistorisch eingeordnet. Vorgestellt werden die Theorien von Thomas von Aquin, Juan Luis Vives, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Thomas Robert Malthus, Johann Hinrich Wichern, Paul Natorp, Jane Addams, Christian Jasper Klumker, Alfred Adler, Alice Salomon, Gertrud Bäumer, Ilse von Arlt, Herman Nohl, Hans Muthesius, Hans Scherpner, Carel Bailey Germain und Alex Gitterman, Klaus Mollenhauer, Marianne Hege, Lutz Rössner, Karam Khella, Hans Thiersch, Silvia Staub-Bernasconi, Lothar Böhnisch, Margit Brückner, Bernd Dewe und Hans-Uwe Otto, Rudolf Leiprecht und Paul Mecheril, Ulrich Deinet und Christian Reutlinger, Björn Kraus sowie Dieter Röh. Die Kernaussagen der Theorien werden anhand einer einheitlichen Matrix historisch-biographisch erörtert. Aktualisierte Literaturempfehlungen bieten Anknüpfungspunkte zum vertiefenden Studium.

Vividly portraying the personal and professional lives of social work luminaries from the 19th to the present century, this text links their groundbreaking contributions in social work to current CSWE core competencies. The book focuses on leaders who shaped the field across modern American history — the Progressive Era, the Great Society, the New Deal, the Postwar period, and others—and examines their lives in the context of the social and historical environment, their contributions to social work, and lessons from their experiences that are still relevant to social work today.Through detailed, engaging life stories and photographs, readers—including undergraduates, graduate students, and practicing social workers—will learn about the profession's rich history rooted in charitable work, “friendly visitors,” and social justice advocacy. The book also touches upon the contributions of early social work pioneers as well as those leading us forward in the 21st century. The book will provide important historical groundwork for classes in social welfare policy, introduction to social work, and social work history courses. Chapters include discussion questions and activities to facilitate professional growth and personal development. A robust instructor package offers PowerPoint slides and a sample syllabus.Key Features:Delivers vivid, detailed accounts of leading figures in social work historyPresents lessons directly applicable to social work todayDovetails with CSWE's 2015 EPAS CompetenciesIncorporates discussion questions and activities encouraging professional growth and personal reflectionIncludes PowerPoint slides and sample syllabus

Social welfare has a three-thousand-year history in Western society. Th is book off ers a sociological framework that provides conceptual order to the countless details of that history, while highlighting its essentials. Social welfare in all its forms is based on one central concept-help. But there are many versions of help and multiple debates about those versions. Th e outcomes of some debates have led to withholding help, and these outcomes are an inescapable part of this domain, in the past and in the present. Th e major versions, their development, and the debates are carefully examined in this volume.

Das Grundlagenwerk stellt im zweiten Teil die Entwicklung der beruflichen Sozialen Arbeit im Kontext des politischen und gesellschaftlichen Geschehens im 20. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart dar. Ausführlich werden die Professionalisierung der Sozialarbeit, das parallele Auftreten der Sozialpädagogik, die Entfaltung und Krise des Wohlfahrtsstaates und der Dienstleistungen in ihm, soziale Bewegungen und die ökonomischen Herausforderungen sozialer Betätigung beschrieben.

Das Grundlagenwerk bietet eine umfassende und fundierte Darstellung der Entwicklung sozialer Betätigung – in diesem Band von der Aufklärung bis zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts und den Anfängen der beruflichen Sozialarbeit. Beschrieben werden gesellschaftliche Bewegungen, Denken, Politik und Praxis in Beantwortung der sozialen Frage: Wie sind Armut und Elend, Ungerechtigkeit und Benachteiligung in den Umbrüchen der Zeit zu bewältigen? Mit der Beschreibung der Genese, der Regelung und der Organisation von Abhilfen wird die Evolution Sozialer Arbeit in den historischen Zusammenhang der gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung eingeordnet.

Die zirkuläre Migration nimmt zu. Immer mehr Menschen bewegen sich aus beruflichen und familiären Gründen zwischen mindestens zwei Ländern: als Homo Transnationalis. Diese Prozesse können sich in einer zunehmenden Verbreitung von Menschenrechten, aber auch in der Ausübung von Menschenhandel zeigen. Die Soziale Arbeit als Grundlagenwissenschaft muss angesichts dieser Herausforderungen eine neue wissenschaftliche Theorie als Paradigma entwickeln und als Handlungswissenschaft auch eine strategisch-praktische Antwort formulieren.

Global knowledge is increasingly essential for all aspects of social work. Today's professionals respond to concerns including permeable borders, the upheavals of war, displaced workers, natural disasters, international adoption, and human trafficking. Everywhere, social workers work with service users and colleagues from diverse cultures and countries. Globally relevant concepts such as human rights, development, and inclusion offer new perspectives to enhance policy and practice and facilitate the international exchange of ideas. This handbook is the first major reference text to provide a solid foundation of knowledge for students and researchers alike. The extensive collection of 73 chapters confirms the integral and necessary nature of international social work knowledge to all areas of practice, policy, and research. Chapters systematically map the key issues, organizations, competencies, training and research needs, and ethical guidelines central to international social work practice today, emphasizing the linkages among social work, development, and human rights practice. In-depth country case studies and policy examples encourage readers to understand how their practice in social work touches on international issues, regardless of whether the work is done at home or abroad. Representing all regions of the world, a wide range of contributors that are leaders in their fields have put together an exhaustive collection that represents the state-of-play of international social work today.

In a readable, coherent, and succinct account, Kiger surveys the changes that have taken place in U.S. foundations in the 20th century and describes our foundations as they exist today. Opening with historical information on the emergence of large foundations at the beginning of the century, the book discusses the major characteristics of foundations, emphasizing that they are organized to give away rather than make money, and identifies and discusses the major changes since 1950.In considering those changes, the book considers such topics as growth and expansion, diversification in the makeup of trustees and staff, and governmental oversight and supervision. In the increasing movement of foundations into the international sphere, the book covers their international activities and the formation and operation of international centers and groups associated with them. Phlanthropic Foundations in the Twentieth Century provides a useful overview of the growth, development, and operation of foundations.

The care of the needy and the sick is delivered by various groups including immediate family, the wider community, religious organisations and the State funded institutions. The Locus of Care provides an historical perspective on welfare detailing who carers were in the past, where care was provided, and how far the boundary between family and state or informal and organised institutions have changed over time. Eleven international contributors provide a wide-ranging examination of themes, such as child care, mental health, and provision for the elderly and question the idea that there has been a recent evolutionary shift from informal provision to institutional care. Chapters on Europe and England use case studies and link evidence from ancient and medieval periods to contemporary problems and the recent past, whilst studies on China and South Africa look to the future of welfare throughout the world. By placing welfare in its historical, social, cultural and demographic contexts, Locus of Care reassesses community and institutional care and the future expectations of welfare provision.

Este livro tematiza o surgimento da profissão, vinculando a sua história à emergência do Estado burguês na idade do monopólio, aos projetos das classes sociais fundamentais e à execução das políticas sociais. Discute também a estrutura teórico-prática do Serviço Social fundada em peculiar sincretismo.