The author compares the works of Freire and Gandhi in education and relates these to
social work education. The areas covered include values such as injustice, non-violence …

Social work developed in Italy immediately after the Second World War with an orientation
towards values of democracy and solidarity and seeking to address the material and moral …

Abstract Since 1991 the Russian Federation faces multiple challenges for its welfare
systems and for the development of social services and social work as a profession as a …

Social justice is a core element of the social work profession. As Hong Kong has undergone
a significant socio-political transformation, how social workers in Hong Kong cope with the …

Victor Wong, from Hong Kong Baptist University, argues that if the welfare and interests of
youth are to be promoted, youth workers need to critically review their ideology and practice …

Studies taking a mediation perspective have highlighted how the actual impact of economic
globalisation is mediated by institutions that include welfare regimes. Some have examined …

Background In the early 1990s Russian society changed drastically. It became more open
and heterogeneous. This brought wealth to some and hardship to others. It was a time of …

The selection of field practicums in the community development (CD) field and macro
practice more broadly is increasingly rare among Hong Kong social work students. This …

A burgeoning literature on narrative identity has emerged during the last decades
simultaneously with a “performative turn” in the methodology of qualitative social research; …

This study seeks to analyze the constitution of youth worker identity from a critical social
work approach focusing on the complicated multiplicity of identifications that produce …