Social Work, Neoliberalism and Authoritarianism: An Analysis of Policy Document 'Regulating Social Work'
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- 2018 Social Work Neoliberalism and Authoritarianism
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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).
Keywords
- Neoliberalism, Regulating Social Work
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 407-413 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Critical and Radical Social Work |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 20 Oct 2018 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2018 |
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