Why social work? Comparative perspectives on social issue and response formation

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Understanding how societies symbolize social issues and responses to them enhances the social work profession. Symbolizations of social issues and responses offer a way to analyze mechanisms within economic and political situations and within the politics of social work. Analyses allow social work organizations to develop strategies that are appropriate and acceptable to a certain type of society.

Analysis, Social services, Social service

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Social work education's cultural hegemony

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An argument is presented that the forces of globalization may allow powerful cultures to dominate the less powerful through social work education. Therefore, in international policy-making for social work and social work education, it is important to avoid cultural hegemony and correct pressures towards it and that educators may, in their everyday practice, also make a contribution.

Management dynamics, Management, Company business management, Social change

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Linking critical reflection and qualitative research on an African social work master's programme

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The article examines the challenge of combining theory and methods between critical reflection and qualitative research to help develop professional knowledge.

Africa, Evaluation, Qualitative research

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