One of the main characteristics of social work is the fundamental tension between the
profession's conservative and critical rationales. In the last three decades, this tension has …

Social work literature is saturated with calls to reform social work in diverse and
contradictory ways. This article argues that the profession of social work cannot be reformed …

This Element aims to connect the literature of street-level bureaucrats with that of policy
entrepreneurship in order to analyze why and how bureaucrats operating at the street level …

The aim of this study was to review existing knowledge on policy practice (PP) in social work
education that seeks to train undergraduate and graduate social work students to influence …

This article presents a new paradigm for social work with poor people called the poverty-
aware social work paradigm (PAP). The paradigm offers an updated connection between …

Under what conditions will street‐level bureaucrats act as policy entrepreneurs? Drawing on
the case of social workers working with disadvantaged populations in the context of urban …

Previous literature demonstrates that when street‐level bureaucrats believe that the policy
as designed is not desirable, they utilize various strategies to change the situation. This …

Social and Community Development Practice makes a persuasive case for employing a
social development approach to community development practice at local and village levels …

Macro-economic policy shapes and structures social welfare policy, services, and their
implementation. As a result, the commoditisation of social welfare services and the use of …

This article deals with the engagement of social workers in the policy arena. It offers a
conceptual framework for the examination of why social workers engage in policy practice …