Rethinking Democracy in Social Work
From Police to Politics of Emancipation
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Beschreibung
This book theorises how social work, as a theoretical and practical discipline, could be brought into a critical dialogue with the concept of democracy. The issue is particularly acute since anti-democratic forces are now democratically elected in several European nations, implying that social work institutions are increasingly steeped according to neoliberal and anti-democratic logic. The book elaborates on a response to this trend by showing how social work can avoid the traps of contemporary discourse by which democracy is to be protected with repressive means. In elaborating on democracy as inextricably related to justice, emancipation and equality, this book explores democracy as a liberating force much closer to the spirit and tradition of critical and radical social work. By endorsing a view of democracy as contradictory, paradoxical, and based on dissensus, this book frames social work as a democratic force in the struggle for justice and equality.
Magnus Weber is a senior lecturer in Social Work at Gothenburg University, Sweden.
Marcus Herz is Professor of Social Work at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Previous books include Social Work, Young Migrants and the Act of Listening (with Philip Lalander) and Youth Studies in Transition: Culture, Generation and New Learning Processes (with Thomas Johansson).
Zulmir Bečević is Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His most recent book is Youth Participation and Learning: Critical Perspectives on Citizenship Practices in Europe (with Björn Andersson).
This book theorises how social work, as a theoretical and practical discipline, could be brought into a critical dialogue with the concept of democracy. The issue is particularly acute since anti-democratic forces are now democratically elected in several European nations, implying that social work institutions are increasingly steeped according to neoliberal and anti-democratic logic. The book elaborates on a response to this trend by showing how social work can avoid the traps of contemporary discourse by which democracy is to be protected with repressive means. In elaborating on democracy as inextricably related to justice, emancipation and equality, this book explores democracy as a liberating force much closer to the spirit and tradition of critical and radical social work. By endorsing a view of democracy as contradictory, paradoxical, and based on dissensus, this book frames social work as a democratic force in the struggle for justice and equality.
Introduces the reader to a politically informed social work Offers a theoretically grounded alternative for social work in times of neoliberal and fascist anti-democratic politics Provides an original theoretical analysis of practice in social work by drawing on radical political philosophy
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Magnus Weber
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