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This article reflects on participatory photography in the context of ethnographic fieldwork at a humanitarian migrant shelter in Central Mexico to consider broader intersections between social work and anthropology. I describe how shifting immigration enforcement trends across Mexico reconfigured my original plan for integrating participatory photography into my work as a researcher and shelter worker. Tracing these changes through three cases examples, I highlight tensions between photography as a reflection of social experience and photography as a mechanism for enacting social change. In light of recent critiques surrounding formulaic and cursory discussions of empowerment in participatory photography, I argue that unexpected shifts in research and practice strategies are themselves meaningful data, especially in uncertain policy environments.

The growing literature on deliberative democratic practice finds that deliberation is a difficult & relatively rare form of communication. Each moment of a deliberative encounter raises significant obstacles in the path to stimulating greater intentional reflection on public issues. I explore these obstacles in the context of other empirical work in political & social psychology, small group communication, & public opinion. Taken together, these literatures explain why deliberation is difficult to achieve & sustain over time. They also suggest several rules that might assist practitioners in making deliberative democracy work better. Many of the obstacles to deliberative democracy raise questions about key theoretical constructs closely associated with deliberative democratic theory, including equality, legitimacy, autonomy, & reason. I conclude by suggesting that deliberative practitioners, empirical scholars, & theorists might gain from greater interaction. 190 References. Adapted from the source document.

Article consists of three parts. First part defines the concept ofCaritative social work – a concept and profession that is developed in Latvian ChristianAcademy – from the perspective ofprofessional activity and legislation in Latvia. Second part is devoted tothe description of historical formation principles or constituting influencesof Caritative social work that forms the conceptual and operational agenda ofit in the modern Europe. The final part givesdefinition of Caritative social work in terms of social policy of EuropeanUnion. Article discusses the principles for Caritative social work that arederived from historical constituting streams of influence.KEY WORDS: caritative social work, constituting characteristics andprinciples, image and likeness of God, renewal of inner human resources, socialand caritative cohesion.

Human Trafficking in Florida is a growing issue that affects individuals and communities on a micro, mezzo, and macro level. Although legislative efforts and changes in agency policies have raised awareness about this problem, limited awareness and research examines awareness of labor trafficking as one form of human trafficking. This exploratory-descriptive study used a convenience sampling technique to explore the perceptions of 45 Bachelors (BSW) and Masters (MSW) level social work students on the prevalence and nature of labor trafficking. The findings from the research show students have a general idea of labor trafficking and believe in equal access to human rights for victims. However, majority of students were unaware of current legislation to aid victims in Florida, and the prevalence of men as victims. Implications from this study show a need for further education within social work policies that aid labor trafficking victims, and a need for additional research to identify specific ways students can learn about human trafficking. ; 2014-05-01 ; B.S.W. ; Health and Public Affairs, School of Social Work ; Bachelors ; This record was generated from author submitted information.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Editor -- Contributors -- Foreword: Critical social work and social justice -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Critical social work and the politics of transformation -- Setting the scene for critical social work -- Redefining the meaning of critical social work -- Handbook structure and content -- Political ontology and innovation in critical social work -- Taking a political stance in social work -- Note -- References -- PART I: Historical, social and political influences -- Chapter 1: Welfare words, neoliberalism and critical social work -- Introduction -- Welfare words, critical social work and social policy -- Keywords -- A welfare words approach -- Examples of welfare words -- Rhetorically recalibrated neoliberalism -- Welfare words, social work and critically disruptive thinking -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Neoliberal relations of poverty and the welfare state -- Neoliberal relations of poverty -- Neoliberalism defined -- Neoliberal welfare -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Marxist social work: an international and historical perspective -- Introduction -- Foundations of Marxist social work -- Marxist analyses of the state -- Marxist approaches to social work under capitalism -- Popular social work -- Marxist approaches to social work under socialism -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4: Critical social work in the U.S.: challenges and conflicts -- Introduction -- The evolution of critical social work in the U.S. -- The influence of socialism -- Voices of contemporary critical social workers -- Contemporary challenges and conflicts -- Responding to contemporary challenges -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: The rise of the global state paradigm: implications for social work

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: British Social Work Education in Context: Policy Change and Professional Education -- 1 British Social Work Education -- Introduction -- Setting the Scene -- Origins of Social Work Education -- The Late 1940s to 1969 -- The 1970s -- The 1980s -- Developments in the 1990s -- The Diploma in Social Work -- The Continuum of Training -- Further Change -- Concluding Comments -- 2 Social Work: New Paradigms and the Professional Debate -- Introduction -- Unification and Genericism -- Continuity and Change: The Return to Specialisms -- Task and Mandate: Care, Protection and Control -- Professional Status, Accountability and Regulation -- Concluding Summary -- 3 Higher Education: Changing Policies and Expectations -- Introduction -- Post-War Development of the Higher Education System -- Policy Change Since 1979 -- Policy Developments in the 1990s -- Accountability and Academic Freedom -- Enterprise in Higher Education -- Concluding Comments -- 4 Professional Education and Knowledge -- Introduction -- Some Characteristics and Issues of the Professions -- Education for the Professions -- Partnerships and Accountability -- On the Nature of Knowledge -- Knowledge and the Reflective Practitioner -- Assessment and Competencies -- Conclusions: Professional Education and Higher Education -- Part 2: Characteristics of Contemporary Social Work Education -- 5 Social Work in Higher Education: Rationale, Location and Scope -- Introduction -- The Rationale for Social Work in Higher Education -- The Naming and Organisational Location of Social Work -- Alliances -- Epistemological Characteristics -- The Scope and Scale of the Subject Area -- Collaborative Activities -- Summary and Concluding Comments -- 6 Curricular and Pedagogical Characteristics

This book offers an overview of the rapidly expanding field of Psycho-Social research. Drawing on aspects of discourse psychology, continental philosophy and anthropological and neuro-scientific understandings of the emotions, psycho-social studies has emerged as an embryonic new paradigm in the human sciences. Psycho-social studies uses psychoanalytic concepts and principles to illuminate core issues within the social sciences. The present volume contributes to the development of the new research methodologies in a number of ways. It is written largely from the point of view of practitioners who are also researchers. Although contributors draw largely upon object-relations traditions in psychoanalysis, other influences are also present, particularly from continental philosophy and the sociology of the emotions. It develops an approach to epistemology - how we know what we know, which is strongly informed by a living approach to psychoanalysis, not just as a theory but as a way of being in the world - that is as a stance. It examines, in great depth and from a number of perspectives, the complex psycho-social dynamics that characterise the research encounter. And finally, it demonstrates a number of specific methodologies at work and the authors learning from this experience.

This insightful book discusses the origins and theoretical underpinnings of family led decision making and brings together the current research on the efficacy and limitations of family group conferences into a single text.

AbstractA significant problem in Sweden is the large number of people on long-term sickness absence and disability pension. To prevent long-term absenteeism, increased focus has been put on employers and disability management (DM). Effective DM, however, also requires a motivated employee. One way to motivate employees to return to work (RTW), is to provide economic incentives. The aim of the current study was to investigate the occurrence of economic incentives for people in Sweden to RTW after long-term sickness absence. The study is based on three fictitious cases. The results show that only marginal economic incentives presently exist in the Swedish RTW system. The necessity for economic incentives in the RTW process can, of course, be usefully debated. Research suggests, however, that such incentives play a part in the RTW process. With stronger economic incentives for the employee, the effectiveness of DM and prospects of job return would, arguably, be enhanced.