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Social work for critical peace

A comparative approach to understanding social work and political conflict

Bibliographic Data

ID12606666
AuthorsJim Campbell (0000-0002-2702-1122, University College Dublin, corresponding author), Vasilios Ioakimidis (0000-0002-0457-6782, University of Essex), Reima Ana Maglajlic (0000-0002-4884-9586, University of Sussex)
Year2018
Volume22
Issue6
Pages1073-1084
Publication date2018-04-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-1457 • E-ISSN: 1468-2664
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691457.2018.1462149
OpenAlexW2800155220
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited30

This paper uses a case study approach to explore issues of social work policy and practice in three sites of political conflict in Europe: Northern Ireland; Bosnia and Herzegovina; and Cyprus. It begins with a review of the international literature on social work and political conflict and then discusses the strengths and limitations in engaging with comparative case study approaches. The authors explain how they view the writing of the paper as an intellectual encounter that helped establish the beginning stages of their comparative analysis. This starts with an analysis of the existing knowledge base about the three case studies that each share similar patterns of colonial histories, political and community conflict and the social work response. The second part of the paper extends this analysis to a critique of the impact of neo-liberal social and economic policies that often adversely impact upon the role of social workers in resolving conflict and building peace. The paper concludes with an appeal for social work to rediscover its rights-based role in working with victims and survivors of political conflict, what the authors describe as: ‘social work for critical peace’

Appeal · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social conflict · Social philosophy · Social relation · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work

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Unique citing works25
Citations per year4,17
Citation span2020 - 2025 (6)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 25
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