A social worker with two watches
Synchronizing the left and right ideologies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9973979 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johnson Chun-Sing Cheung (0000-0002-7837-282X, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 234-246 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020872815620259 |
| OpenAlex | W2338813195 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 34 |
Accompanying the diminishing voice of the client in cross-subsidized social work, the author makes an attempt to reveal the ambivalence and ambiguity of state-sponsored social work in Hong Kong. In light of the increase in quasi-welfare markets that promote an environment of competitive bidding on government subventions, this article addresses the contradictions between commercial and social work values after the commodification of welfare. Because frontline practitioners are becoming more reluctant to be involved in ‘typical’ social work interventions, reconsidering and recalculating costs are recommended under the pendulum of left and right ideologies in a postcolonial, neoliberal metropolis
Ambiguity · Bidding · Business · Commodification · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Ideology · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Right to work · Social Welfare · Sociology · Subsidy · Welfare · Welfare state · Work (physics · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Marketing · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |