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

VL - 6

SP - 407

EP - 413

JO - Critical and Radical Social Work

JF - Critical and Radical Social Work

SN - 2049-8608

IS - 3

ER -