Despite a strong history of social justice–based social work professional education in
Canada, there has not been an intentional integration of direct critical clinical mental health …

This article considers the relationship between the identity of social work and the neoliberal
political project. Reference is made to a small but carefully structured quantitative research …

This study examines the emotional labour of social workers serving families living in poverty.
Based on in‐depth interviews and focus groups, the study concentrates on frontline social …

Based on a review of the critical literature, the article provides readers with an overview of
neoliberalism's main dimensions. In this sense, it furnishes an accessible conceptual …

Recent policy reforms have substantially changed state responses to child abuse in
Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ). These reforms draw on two related discourses: vulnerability …

Past research on values change in academia has largely focused on changes perceived to
emerge from managerial organisational cultures. What has received less attention is the …

Human agency is core to social work. Practice theories and frameworks position human
agency as socially mediated, but assume that people possess human agency to play …

Social work practice and education have been significantly impacted by neoliberal
governmentality, which can greatly undermine the espoused social justice mission of social …

This special issue,'Revolutionary social work', is based on our long-standing interest and
engagement in critical and radical social work research, education and praxis, which we …

Selma Macfarlane, PhD has been involved in social work education for 20 years, primarily
as a Lecturer at Deakin University in Geelong, Victoria. She has publications in the areas of …