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Social Work and the Making of Social Policy

By Frank Sowa & Markus Gottwald &
Social Work and the Making of Social Policy by Frank Sowa & Markus Gottwald &  digital book - Fable

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Bringing together international case studies, this book offers theoretical and empirical insights into the interaction between social work and social policy.

Moving beyond existing studies on policy practice, the book employs the policy cycle as a core analytical frame and focuses on the influence of social work(ers) in the problem definition, agenda setting, policy formulation and implementation of social policy. Twenty-three contributors offer examples of policy making from seven different countries and demonstrate how social work practitioners can become political actors, while also encouraging policy makers to become aware of the potential of social work for the social policy-making process.

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About Frank Sowa

Ute Klammer is a Professor and Director of the Institute of Work, Skills and Training at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Simone Leiber is a Professor of Social Policy at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Sigrid Leitner is a Professor for Social Policy at the University of Applied Sciences Cologne.

Markus Gottwald

Pawel Polawski

Sergio Sánchez Castineira

Ravit Alfandari

Paloma Vivaldi Vera

Paolo Raciti

Giovannina Assunta Giuliano

Matteo D'Emilione

Jason Ostrander

Megan Feely

Lisa Werkmeister Rozas

Ute Klammer

Ute Klammer is Professor and Director of the Institute of Work, Skills and Training at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Her main research interests are social policy, labour market and gender research.

Simone Leiber

Simone Leiber is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Her main research interests are social policy analysis, politics of welfare state reform, and social work as a political actor.

Sigrid Leitner

Sigrid Leitner is Professor for Social Policy at the University of Applied Sciences Cologne. Her main research interests are comparative social policy analysis, gender effects of social policy, and social work as a political actor.

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