Reclaiming civil society
The future of global social work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12605962 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fred Powell (International Union for Conservation of Nature (Bangladesh), corresponding author), Martin Geoghegan |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 129-144 |
| Publication date | 2005-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-1457 • E-ISSN: 1468-2664 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691450500085166 |
| OpenAlex | W2132352472 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
The topic of global social work has become a controversial one in the European Journal of Social Work, as the March 2004 edition acknowledges in an editorial statement. This statement was prompted by a pungent critique from Stephen Webb, in an earlier edition of the journal. Webb (2003), p. 191) dismissed the topic as being of marginal interest: ‘?... social work has at best a minimal role to play with any global social order, should such an order exist’, adding that ‘a global or transnational social work is little more than a vanity’. Lest the reader should still harbour doubts, Webb (2003), p. 196) added with powerful political import: ‘these writers on globalisation and social work posit what is tantamount to ethical welfare imperialism’. Strong words! We beg to differ and offer an alternative vision of the relationship between globalisation and social work that connects it to the vital democratic force of civil society
Civil society · Democracy · Economics · Environmental ethics · Globalization · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social order · Social philosophy · Social relation · Social science · Sociology · Statement (logic · Work (physics · Law · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0.26 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2011 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |