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This book offers the first introduction and practical guide to increasing people's say and involvement in their lives, neighbourhood and services. It draws on a major study of initiatives to involve and empower people. It explores a wide range of schemes across a variety of policies and services, including housing, health care, education, community development, social work and social services. It also examines the underlying principles, politics and philosophy of participation. It offers guidelines for participatory policy and practice and a checklist for evaluating and auditing citizen involvement

Im vorliegenden Aufsatz geht es darum, Partizipation in der Sozialen Arbeit in ihrem ideologischen, historischen und theoretischen Kontext zu diskutieren. Dabei wird Soziale Arbeit in ihrem sozialpolitischen Kontext betrachtet. Im Mittelpunkt stehen zwei dominante politische Diskurse aus Großbritannien, die auch für die europäische und internationale Ebene eine generelle Bedeutung haben. Neben einer Betrachtung der zwei dominanten philosophischen Traditionen in der modernen Geschichte der Sozialpolitik und der Sozialen Arbeit, "Fabianismus" und "Marxismus", umreißt der Beitrag die Entwicklung von Gegendiskursen durch Dienstleistungsnutzer, untersucht die beiden miteinander konkurrierenden Ideologien "Neue Rechte" und "Dritter Weg", auf denen die unterschiedlichen Modelle und Auffassungen von Partizipation basieren, und geht den Implikationen dieser Ansätze nach - insbesondere mit Blick auf ihr inhärentes regressives oder befreiendes Potential. Zunächst werden die Möglichkeiten und Probleme von Partizipation in Theorie und Praxis der Sozialen Arbeit beleuchtet. Dabei dient die Situation in Großbritannien als Fallstudie für die Erarbeitung weitergehender Implikationen. Abschließend geht es um Überlegungen zu Partizipationsmodellen, die in den Kontext zweier weiterer Entwicklungen gestellt werden müssen, nämlich in die Kontexte von Globalisierung und Differenz. (ICH2)

• Summary: This article considers the implications for social work and social care education, policy and practice of including the viewpoints and knowledges of service users. The development of policy and practice for user involvement is critically discussed and the role of service users and their organizations in the construction of social work explored. • Findings: Disabled people's and service users' organizations have developed their own knowledges, theories and models, based on their first-hand experience. This paper examines the implications of such users' knowledge for social work and social care theory, policy and practice. It draws on discussions and developments in the disabled people's and other movements whose members are the subjects of social work theory and practice. It is informed by the authors' work and experience as service users, educators and practising social workers, as well as writers, activists and researchers in this field. • Applications: The article examines the progress that has been made in involving service users in social work education, theory building, research, practice development and standard setting. It explores some of the practical and philosophical issues involved in developing a more inclusive and socially constructed social work and suggests that this may offer a route to restoring social work to its core values.

Poverty discourse is characterised by the exclusion of people with experience of poverty. This has shaped the nature of both debate and policy responses. This discussion looks at the reasons for this ex clusion, the effects it has had and makes the case for an inclusive poverty discourse as the basis for the reconceptualisation of poverty and the development of more effective strategies to deal with it.