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The COVID-19 pandemic represents a critical juncture in the
development of the welfare state affirming its importance for its
citizens’ economic, health and wellbeing, and safety, especially
for its most vulnerable populations. It demonstrated that the
crisis preparedness that is crucial for an effective protection of
its citizens, the ultimate purpose of the welfare state,
unquestionably exceeds the narrow horizon of a corporatised welfare
industry with its singular focus on the maximisation of profit for
the elites and cost containment for the government. Social workers
need to engage with the contradictions and tensions that spring
from underfunded welfare services and engage in the political
struggle over a well-resourced welfare state. Contributors to this
book take on this challenge. By tracing the various contradictions
of the pandemic, the contributors reflect on new ways of thinking
about welfare by exploring what to keep, what to challenge and what
to change. By highlighting important challenges for a social
justice-focused response as well as exploring the many challenges
exposed by the pandemic facing social work for the coming decades,
contributors critically outline pathways in social work that might
contribute to the shaping of a less cruel and more capable welfare
state. Using case-studies from Indigenous and non-Indigenous
Australia, Italy, Slovenia, Estonia, Sweden, Spain, South Africa,
Canada, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, China and the United States, the book
features 19 chapters by leading experts. This book will be of
interest to all social work scholars, students and practitioners,
as well as those working in social policy and health more broadly.
Right-wing nationalist populism poses direct attacks on social
tolerance, human rights discourse, political debates, the survival
of the welfare state and its universal services, impacting on the
roles of social work. This book demonstrates how right-wing
nationalist populism can and must be countered. Using case studies
from around the world, this book shows how a revitalised radical
social work where community organisation, building alliances, trade
union commitment and social action can be used as political forces
to speak up against discrimination and hate in accordance with
human rights, social justice, and social work values. The rise of
national populism signals that now is the time for social work to
forge and reforge such networks and create links with civil society
and challenge right-wing populist policies wherever they manifest
themselves. It will be of interest to all social work students,
practitioners and academics, particularly those working on critical
and radical social work, green social work, anti-oppressive
practice and community development.
Right-wing nationalist populism poses direct attacks on social
tolerance, human rights discourse, political debates, the survival
of the welfare state and its universal services, impacting on the
roles of social work. This book demonstrates how right-wing
nationalist populism can and must be countered. Using case studies
from around the world, this book shows how a revitalised radical
social work where community organisation, building alliances, trade
union commitment and social action can be used as political forces
to speak up against discrimination and hate in accordance with
human rights, social justice, and social work values. The rise of
national populism signals that now is the time for social work to
forge and reforge such networks and create links with civil society
and challenge right-wing populist policies wherever they manifest
themselves. It will be of interest to all social work students,
practitioners and academics, particularly those working on critical
and radical social work, green social work, anti-oppressive
practice and community development.
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