TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Work, Neoliberalism and Authoritarianism
T2 - An Analysis of Policy Document 'Regulating Social Work'
AU - Gwilym, Hefin
N1 - This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of the article published in. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online via the DOI in this record
PY - 2018/11/1
Y1 - 2018/11/1
N2 - This discussion examines the complexity of the social work profession in the neoliberal era. Government austerity policies and a market and corporate neoliberal state have effectively trapped social work in an ideology that increasingly furthers the authoritarian nature of the profession. This will be discussed by looking at the broader policy, political and economic contexts. It will focus in detail on one specific Conservative government policy document, namely, ‘Regulating social workers’ (DoE and DH, 2016).
AB - This discussion examines the complexity of the social work profession in the neoliberal era. Government austerity policies and a market and corporate neoliberal state have effectively trapped social work in an ideology that increasingly furthers the authoritarian nature of the profession. This will be discussed by looking at the broader policy, political and economic contexts. It will focus in detail on one specific Conservative government policy document, namely, ‘Regulating social workers’ (DoE and DH, 2016).
KW - Neoliberalism
KW - Regulating Social Work
U2 - 10.1332/204986018X15388226259290
DO - 10.1332/204986018X15388226259290
M3 - Comment/debate
SN - 2049-8608
VL - 6
SP - 407
EP - 413
JO - Critical and Radical Social Work
JF - Critical and Radical Social Work
IS - 3
ER -