María Inés Martínez Herrero
Biographic Data
| ID | 4159212 |
|---|---|
| NAME | María Inés Martínez Herrero |
| GIVEN NAMES | María Inés Martínez |
| FAMILY NAME | Herrero |
| SIGNATURE | HERRERO M I M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Essex |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7743-2771 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Response to the special issue ‘Social Work and Social Control’
This article responds to the call of the special issue of Critical and Radical Social Work for critical reflection on the role of power and social control within social work. We examine the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into social work in Lithuania, the UK and Spain, with particular attention to the risks of deepening historical patterns of surveillance, paternalism and marginalisation. This raises a central research question: do A…
Every Social Worker is a Criminal Justice Social Worker
Concepción Arenal
This article repositions Spanish intellectual Concepción Arenal (1820–93) as a ‘radical pioneer’ of anti-oppressive social work. While dominant histories of the profession privilege the contributions of Anglo-American figures like Mary Richmond and Jane Addams, the article highlights how Arenal developed a structurally aware, ethically grounded vision of social intervention decades earlier. Through such writings as The Manual for the Visitor of t…
Luces y sombras del trabajo social en la dictadura franquista (España, 1939-1975)
Las diferencias entre la dictadura franquista (España, 1939-1975) y aquellas que, como la de Chile (1973-1990), asolaron América latina en las últimas décadas del siglo XX, son claras y numerosas. Hace 50 años, durante el golpe de Estado en Chile, la prolongada dictadura española ya estaba inmersa en un proceso de desintegración que culminó con la muerte natural del dictador en 1975 y el inicio de la transición democrática. Sin embargo, ambas dic…
Seeking to fulfil the human rights promise
International social work organizations emphasize human rights (HR) as a main social work principle. However, a focus on HR is often lacking in social work education. This often results in an inspirational, rather than deep and meaningful application of HR commitments in social work practice, with kindness and respect being conflated with a realization of HR. Nevertheless, without a critical HR awareness, social workers may inadvertently neglect …
Whether or Not to Open the Pandora’s Box
The registered version of this article, first published in Ethics and Social Welfare, is available online at the publisher's website: Taylor and Francis Group, Routledge, https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2024.2312538
Empleando el realismo crítico en tiempos de crisis. Un estudio sobre los derechos humanos y la justicia social en la formación en trabajo social en Inglaterra y España
Este artículo aborda las implicaciones de adoptar la aproximación filosófica del realismo crítico en la investigación social, concretamente en un estudio sobre los derechos humanos y la justicia social en la formación en trabajo social en Inglaterra y España. El realismo crítico, enfoque vinculado a la teoría crítica y a la filosofía realista de las ciencias sociales, ofrece, se defiende, un gran potencial para dotar de coherencia, profundidad, r…
Criminal records and public sector professional education
Over 11 million people in England and Wales have criminal records, with men, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and people from poorer communities being over-represented. A gatekeeping discussion is developing across the social work profession regarding the role of criminal records in decision-making at the point of admission to social work programmes. Balancing risk, representation, and the right to move on, who becomes a s…
Building from the Ashes
About 56 percent of the world’s population lives in urban environments. In more economically developed countries, this percentage is considerably higher. Increasingly, cities’ more vulnerable and culturally diverse neighbourhoods are the context of violent conflicts linked to interconnected socio-economic (inequality), ethnocultural (discrimination) and public-institutional (delegitimation) causal factors. Social outbursts such as London (2011) o…
Resisting neoliberalism in social work education
In an increasingly complex, globalized world, many of the problems confronting social workers are rooted in structural inequalities created or deepened by uncontrolled neoliberal market mechanisms. Yet neoliberal political agendas dominating the global order encourage individualistic models of social work intervention, characterized by managerialism and deprofessionalization. Critiquing the impact of neoliberalism, those aligned with critical and…
Human rights and social justice in social work education
The history of social work as a profession and academic discipline is inextricably linked with principles of human rights (HR) and social justice (SJ). The Global Standards for social work education promote HR and SJ as unifying themes, yet there is little understanding of how these themes are embedded in social work education in specific national contexts. This article, based on empirical research in England and Spain, explores social work educa…
Beyond Legalism in Turbulent Times
Reconceptualizing social work in times of crisis
What started as a peripheral banking crisis in 2008 within five years triggered the deepest recession Europe has seen in decades, escalating to manifold socio-political crises. Under these circumstances, many social workers find themselves in a situation of extreme pressure and insecurity. Traditional theories and orthodox practices are now challenged by frontline social workers. This article explores such a ‘reconceptualization’ process, evaluat…
Reconceptualizing social work in times of crisis
What started as a peripheral banking crisis in 2008 within five years triggered the deepest recession Europe has seen in decades, escalating to manifold socio-political crises. Under these circumstances, many social workers find themselves in a situation of extreme pressure and insecurity. Traditional theories and orthodox practices are now challenged by frontline social workers. This article explores such a ‘reconceptualization’ process, evaluat…
Human rights and social justice in social work education
The history of social work as a profession and academic discipline is inextricably linked with principles of human rights (HR) and social justice (SJ). The Global Standards for social work education promote HR and SJ as unifying themes, yet there is little understanding of how these themes are embedded in social work education in specific national contexts. This article, based on empirical research in England and Spain, explores social work educa…
Beyond Legalism in Turbulent Times
Reconceptualizing social work in times of crisis
What started as a peripheral banking crisis in 2008 within five years triggered the deepest recession Europe has seen in decades, escalating to manifold socio-political crises. Under these circumstances, many social workers find themselves in a situation of extreme pressure and insecurity. Traditional theories and orthodox practices are now challenged by frontline social workers. This article explores such a ‘reconceptualization’ process, evaluat…
Beyond Legalism in Turbulent Times
Human rights and social justice in social work education
The history of social work as a profession and academic discipline is inextricably linked with principles of human rights (HR) and social justice (SJ). The Global Standards for social work education promote HR and SJ as unifying themes, yet there is little understanding of how these themes are embedded in social work education in specific national contexts. This article, based on empirical research in England and Spain, explores social work educa…
Resisting neoliberalism in social work education
In an increasingly complex, globalized world, many of the problems confronting social workers are rooted in structural inequalities created or deepened by uncontrolled neoliberal market mechanisms. Yet neoliberal political agendas dominating the global order encourage individualistic models of social work intervention, characterized by managerialism and deprofessionalization. Critiquing the impact of neoliberalism, those aligned with critical and…
Empleando el realismo crítico en tiempos de crisis. Un estudio sobre los derechos humanos y la justicia social en la formación en trabajo social en Inglaterra y España
Este artículo aborda las implicaciones de adoptar la aproximación filosófica del realismo crítico en la investigación social, concretamente en un estudio sobre los derechos humanos y la justicia social en la formación en trabajo social en Inglaterra y España. El realismo crítico, enfoque vinculado a la teoría crítica y a la filosofía realista de las ciencias sociales, ofrece, se defiende, un gran potencial para dotar de coherencia, profundidad, r…
Criminal records and public sector professional education
Over 11 million people in England and Wales have criminal records, with men, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and people from poorer communities being over-represented. A gatekeeping discussion is developing across the social work profession regarding the role of criminal records in decision-making at the point of admission to social work programmes. Balancing risk, representation, and the right to move on, who becomes a s…
Building from the Ashes
About 56 percent of the world’s population lives in urban environments. In more economically developed countries, this percentage is considerably higher. Increasingly, cities’ more vulnerable and culturally diverse neighbourhoods are the context of violent conflicts linked to interconnected socio-economic (inequality), ethnocultural (discrimination) and public-institutional (delegitimation) causal factors. Social outbursts such as London (2011) o…
Luces y sombras del trabajo social en la dictadura franquista (España, 1939-1975)
Las diferencias entre la dictadura franquista (España, 1939-1975) y aquellas que, como la de Chile (1973-1990), asolaron América latina en las últimas décadas del siglo XX, son claras y numerosas. Hace 50 años, durante el golpe de Estado en Chile, la prolongada dictadura española ya estaba inmersa en un proceso de desintegración que culminó con la muerte natural del dictador en 1975 y el inicio de la transición democrática. Sin embargo, ambas dic…
Seeking to fulfil the human rights promise
International social work organizations emphasize human rights (HR) as a main social work principle. However, a focus on HR is often lacking in social work education. This often results in an inspirational, rather than deep and meaningful application of HR commitments in social work practice, with kindness and respect being conflated with a realization of HR. Nevertheless, without a critical HR awareness, social workers may inadvertently neglect …
Whether or Not to Open the Pandora’s Box
The registered version of this article, first published in Ethics and Social Welfare, is available online at the publisher's website: Taylor and Francis Group, Routledge, https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2024.2312538
Every Social Worker is a Criminal Justice Social Worker
Concepción Arenal
This article repositions Spanish intellectual Concepción Arenal (1820–93) as a ‘radical pioneer’ of anti-oppressive social work. While dominant histories of the profession privilege the contributions of Anglo-American figures like Mary Richmond and Jane Addams, the article highlights how Arenal developed a structurally aware, ethically grounded vision of social intervention decades earlier. Through such writings as The Manual for the Visitor of t…
Response to the special issue ‘Social Work and Social Control’
This article responds to the call of the special issue of Critical and Radical Social Work for critical reflection on the role of power and social control within social work. We examine the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into social work in Lithuania, the UK and Spain, with particular attention to the risks of deepening historical patterns of surveillance, paternalism and marginalisation. This raises a central research question: do A…
Social Work Education and Practice (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Social Work (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Criminology (3 works)