Using critical social theory to develop a conceptual framework for comparative social work

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12609121
AutoresStan Houston (0000-0003-4544-4425, Queen's University Belfast, autor correspondente), Jim Campbell (0000-0002-2702-1122, Queen's University Belfast)
Ano2001
Volume10
Fascículo1
Páginas66-73
Data de publicação2001-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1369-6866 • E-ISSN: 1468-2397
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-2397.00153
OpenAlexW2138136976
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas15

This paper sets out a conceptual framework for comparing and contrasting social work within nation‐states and across international boundaries. The framework is “situated” theoretically within a (late)modernist understanding of events within advanced capitalism and draws primarily on Habermas' critical social theory. The authors apply this framework to explicate the development of social work in Northern Ireland, a region in which high levels of political conflict mark it out as a site of local, national and international interest. It is suggested that the ideas developed from the case study have relevance for the social professions in other countries, particularly where social conflict is in evidence

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