The Nature of Social Work
An Ecocentered Analysis of Key Social Work Statements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11596134 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lia Levin (0000-0002-4337-6265, Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University PhD, is a senior lecturer, , POB 39040, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel, corresponding author), Mali Nevo (0009-0007-7232-1478, Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow, , Israel) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 371-380 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-8046 • E-ISSN: 1545-6846 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/sw/swac027 |
| PMID | 35856137 |
| OpenAlex | W4285988026 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 37 |
This article addresses references to people's natural environments in some of the central declarative statements that shape social work worldwide. Four types of documents were analyzed, including statements associated with the Global Definition of Social Work, the Global Standards for Social Work Education and Training, the Global Social Work Statement of Ethical Principles, and the Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative. The analysis was driven by a critical-interpretive approach, seeking explicit and possibly implied references to nature and the environment across documents, with special attention to themes concerning the relationship between micro and macro perspectives, disciplinarity and inter- or transdisciplinarity, and relations between humankind and nature. In general, direct references to social work's possible intersections with issues related to nature and the natural environment were scarce in the materials examined. That having been said, our analysis did find that ecocentered interpretations enable locating prospective "bridges" for the incorporation of deeper ecological perceptions of social work into statements. Such findings constitute a call to action, and the possible implications of continuing to broadly disregard ecological aspects of social work in core materials published by influential professional institutions are discussed
Action (physics · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Natural (archaeology · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Transdisciplinarity · Work (physics · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Social Work Education and Practice · Theological Perspectives and Practices · Social Work
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Environmental Social Work
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Ecosocial innovations enabling social work to promote new forms of sustainable economy
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A green social work perspective on social work during the time of Covid‐19
Environmental shifts for social work
The place of social work in sustainable development
The relationship between social work and environmental sustainability
Deep Ecology and Ecofeminism
The Natural Environment in Social Work Education
Eco-social Work in Action
Advancing Transformative Eco-social Change
Recentring Environment in Social Work Practice
A Deeper, More Social Ecological Social Work Practice
Global standards for social work education and training
Social work, climate change and global cooperation
Promoting environmental justice through green social work practice
Extended urbanisation and the spatialities of infectious disease
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |