The Oxford Handbook of Power, Politics, and Social Work

Rajendra Baikady is Assistant Professor at Central University of Kerala; Senior Research Associate at the Department of Social Work and Community Development, University of Johannesburg; and Faculty fellow at the Harriet Tubman Institute, York University, Toronto, Canada.Jaroslaw Przeperski is Assistant Professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Torun, PolandSajid S.M. is Professor of Social Work at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.M. Rezaul Islam is Professor of Social Work at the Institute of Social Welfare & Research, University of Dhaka; International Academic Adviser at the Department of Social Administration & Justice, University of Malaya, Malaysia; and Senior Research Associate at the Department of Social Work, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

A call to arms for social work to reimagine a critical engagement with contemporary power and politics to frame a socially just world in the midst of chaos, turmoil and political instability.

• AcknowledgementsPreface Introduction: The new Politics of Social Work--Teaching, Learning, and Practice in a Global Society Rajendra Baikady Part I Introduction to Section ISocio-Political Context and Making of Social Work Education Rajendra Baikady 1. Socio-political Historical Process of Social Work Education in TurkeyÖzlem Cankurtaran, Hacettepe University, TurkeyAslihan Aykara, Hacettepe University, Turkey 2. The Influence of Neoliberal Economic Policy on the Emancipatory Mission of Social WorkRadka Janebová, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic Miroslav Kappl, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic 3. Challenges of Social Work Education in Slovenia: Between the Needs of People and the Expectations of GovernmentLiljana Rihter, Univerza v Ljubljani, Slovenia 4. Keeping Social Work Education Relevant in SingaporeDr. Ivan Woo Mun Hong, Principal Medical Social Worker, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Ministry of Health, Singapore 5. Training and Professional Practice of Brazilian Social Work and the Impacts of the Hegemony of the Radical and Critical ApproachEdson Marques Oliveira, University of Western Paraná, BrazilRenan Theo, Social Worker, Brazil Part II Introduction to Section IIThe Power, Politics and Social Work EducationRajendra Baikady 6. Dynamics of Power, Politics, and Social Work Education and Practice in South KoreaMi Sun Choi, Department of Social Welfare, Silla University, South KoreaLEE Jungup, National University of Singapore, Singapore 7. Making Sense of Power and Politics in Everyday Practice through the 3 Ps Lowis Charfe University of Central Lancashire, UK) Gabriel Eichsteller (ThemPra Social Pedagogy CIC, UK) 8. Power, Politics, Social Work and Social Work Education in EnglandJohn Harris, Coventry University Makhan Shergill, Coventry University 9. Politicized Social Work and Value Conflicts: An Account of Sri Lanka's UnderstandingSubramaniam Jeevasuthan, University Texas Arlington, USAShamila Sivakumaran, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka 10. The Power, politics and Social Work: Reflections from India and China.Rajendra Baikady, Central University of Kerala, India Gao Jiangao, Shandong University, China 11. Women and the Evolution of Gender-Sensitive Social Work Education in China Before and after Economic ReformMeng Liu, China Women's University, China Ying LI, Shanghai University Cecilia L.W. Chan, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 12. A Critical Framework for Teaching Power and Politics in Social Work EducationCaroline McGregor National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland 13. Making Social Work Education Relevant Under a Popular Authoritarian RegimeGil I. "Jake" Espenido, University of the Philippines, Philippines 14. The Role of State, Power, and Politics in Social Work Management education in Germany: Current Curricula, Practice, and Teaching revisitedMaik Arnold, University of Applied Science Dresden, Germany 15. Power and politics in Collaborative Social WorkH. Unnathi S. Samaraweera, University of Colombo Sri Lanka 16. Reinventing Social Work Education in Thailand Context Shirley Worland, Chiang Mai University, Thailand 17. Promote Diversity in Social Work Education in England Through Work-Based RouteSharif Haider, The Open University, United Kingdom Part III Introduction to Section IIIThe Interplay Between Power and Politics in Practice Education Rajendra Baikady 18. Direct Practice and Social Change: Suggestions for Social Work PracticeYuval Saar-Heiman, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, IsraelMichal Krumer -Nevo, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 19. Social Work and Professional Representation: How Power and Politics have Shaped the Identity of Social Workers in CanadaLilian Negura, University of OttawaYannick Masse, University of OttawaMaude Lévesque, Université du Québec en OutaouaisSébastien Savard, University of OttawaMélanie Bourque, Université du Québec en Outaouais 20. Specifics of the Supervision of Social Workers in Slovak RepublicMiriama Sarisská, University of Presov, Slovak republicBeáta Balogová, University of Presov, Slovak republic 21. Collaborative Social Work Student SupervisionPaula Beesley, Leeds Beckett University, EnglandLorraine Agu, Leeds Beckett University, England 22. On the Cultivation of the Practical Capability of Master of Social Work--- Based on the MSW Program at A UniversityHui Chen, Shenzhen University, China 23. Professional Boundaries in Social Work Practice: Managing Moral Anguish when Resisting Organizational and Systemic Oppression.Peter Blundell, Liverpool John Moores University. 24. 'We are open, the door is just very heavy'--The Politicization of Social Work Education Admissions Decision-Making in EnglandCaroline Bald, lecturer, University of Essex, UK Part IV Introduction to Section IVConceptualizing Social Change through Social Work Education Rajendra Baikady 25. Social Service Reform, Education, and the Professionalization of Social Work: The Case of Child Protection Services in AlbaniaElona Dhëmbo, Central European University in Hungary 26. Social Justice as Participatory Parity: Introducing Framework for Social Work Practice in Global CitiesPriyanka Nupur, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India 27. A Comparative Analysis of Visits by the UN Special Rapporteur to the United States and to The European UnionIan Cummins, University of Salford, United KingdomEmilio José Gómez- Ciriano, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain 28. Policy of Decentralization in Ukraine: Threats and Opportunities for Community WorkTetyana Semigina, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine)Kateryna Yeroshenko, Academy of Labour, Social Relations and Tourism (Ukraine) 29. Educational Challenges in Italian Social Work: Between Professionalization and BureaucratizationAngela Genova, University of Urbino, Italy Bruna Mura, University of Urbino, Italy Andrea Bilotti, University of Urbino, Italy 30. The Interplay of Social Work Education and the Heritage of Communism in Shaping the Engagement of Social Work Students as Social Change AgentsJaroslaw Przeperski, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland 31. Italian Social Workers as Agent of Change: Past, Present, and FutureMara Sanfelici, University of Milan BicoccaAnnamaria Campanini, President, International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) 32. Prefiguration Theory in Political Social Work: Possibilities for Bottom-Up Social Action through the Creation of Alternative Helping Institutions of the Future in the PresentDavid P. Moxley, University of Alaska, United States Part V Introduction to Section V The New Politics of Professional Identity Rajendra Baikady 33. The Professional Status of Social Work in the Republic of CyprusParlalis K. Stavros, Frederick University - Cyprus 34. The Influence of the Imagined Community of Social Workers on the Constructed "Correctness" of Social Work Performance in Education and Practice of Social Work with FamiliesKaterina Glumbíková, University of Ostrava, Czech RepublicMarie Spilácková, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic 35. Challenges of the Transformation of Social Policy and Social Work in Contemporary RussiaOlga Borodkina, Petersburg University, Saint Petersburg, RussiaAlevtina Starshinova, Ural Federal University, Russia 36. Professional Imperialism, Colonial Legacy and Crisis in Indian Social Work: New Directions Post 2018Bishnu Mohan Dash, University of Delhi, India 37. Examining Racism and Settler-Colonialism in Canadian Social Work Education: (Re)shaping the Contours of Curriculum and PedagogyStephanie Tyler, University of Calgary. Canada Sheliza Ladhani, University of Calgary. Canada 38. From England to Canada with Care and Social Control: Tracing the Trajectories of Social Work Education and Practice in CanadaAkin Taiwo, Kings Western University, Canada 39. An Asymmetrical Relationship in International Developmental Social Work Practices: Towards Co-creation of KnowledgeMasateru Higashida, Asian Research Institute for International Social Work (ARIISW), Shukutoku University, Japan. 40. Role of the State in Development and Professionalization of Social Work: Voice from Fragile Democracy RegimeAdi Fahrudin, University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta, Indonesia.Toton Witono, Ministry of Social Affair, Republic of Indonesia Part VI Introduction to Section VIThe Future of Social Work education and practice Rajendra Baikady 41. Care-experienced Social Workers as Relational Activists in United KingdomTrevor Rodgers-GrayMichael StarrJanet Melville-Wiseman 42. 'Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More': Exploring and Locating Solidarity as a Theory and Practice within Community Social Work Practice.Dr. Darren Hill, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom.Erika Laredo, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom. 43. Governmentalizing the 'Social Work Subject': Social Work in Ireland in the Era of Corporate Governance: A Sociological Analysis.Joe Whelan, Trinity College, The University of Dublin. 44. Strengthening the Resilience of Students and Social WorkersMonika Punová, Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Studies, Department of Social Policy and Social Work 45. Training the Social Work Students for the Next Generation: The Role of AcademiaA. Shahin Sultana, Pondicherry University, India 46. Sociohistorical Evolution of the Chilean Juvenile Criminal Judicial System and its Relationship with Public PolicyClaudia Reyes Quilodrán, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 47. Looking for Transformation in Social Work: Professional Resistance as an Analytical CounterpointGianinna Muñoz Arce, Universidad de Chile, Chile. 48. Global Migration and Control Politics: Defending Human Rights in international Social WorkAndrea Schmelz, Coburg University of Applied Sciences, (Coburg/Germany) 49. Social Work Education and Global Social Change in the United Kingdom, Mainland Europe and the United StatesAlison McInnes, Northumbria University, UKTerry Murphy, Teesside University, UK 50. The Social Media Paradox: Information and Ethics Dilemmas in Future Social Work PracticeRobert Mutemi Kajiita, University of Fort Hare, South Africa Eleanor A. Hendricks, University of Fort Hare, South Africa Conclusion 51. Reinventing social work education in a superdiverse global society - where have we got to? Rajendra Baikady Editors Bio Authors BioIndex