European Social Work - A Compendium

Dr. Fabian Kessl, Professor of Social Work at the University of Duisburg-Essen, GermanyDr. Walter Lorenz, Professor of Applied Social Sciences and Rector of the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, ItalyDr. Dr. mult. h.c. Hans-Uwe Otto, Senior Research Professor of Social Work, Chair of the Bielefeld Center of Education and Capability Research at the University of Bielefeld, Germany; adjunct professor at the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Fachkräften der Sozialen Arbeit  und Politik*innen eröffnet das Handbuch einen wissenschaftlich fundierten Überblick über die Transformationsprozesse und ermöglicht so , die soziale Arbeit im post-wohlfahrtsstaatlichen Kontext Europas besser verorten können.DZI Soziale Arbeit 3.2020

• Table of Contents1) General Introduction: Transforming Perspectives. Social Work in Europe andEuropean Social Work2) Analytical Perspectives: Social Work in Europe and European Social Work inPost-Welfarist Contextsi)Chapter-Introduction by the editorsii)Globalization, Neo-Liberalism, and the European Economic Unioniii)Risk Factors, Vulnerability, and “Anti-Social Behavior”iv)Individualization, Liberal Freedom, and Social Work in Europe v)Civil society, Self-Organization, and Resistancevi)Poverty, Social Inclusion, and Egalitarianism3) Professional Perspectives: Main Approaches of Social Work in Europe andEuropean Social Worki)Chapter Introduction by the editorsii)Social Work and Familiesiii) Social Work and Schoolingiv)Social Work and Criminal Justicev)Social Work Lawvi)Social Work and Adultsvii)Community Development, Community Organization and Social Workviii)Disability Rights and Disability Studies in Social Work4) Positions: New Theoretical and Methodological Discourses of Social Work inEurope and European Social Work i)Chapter-Introduction by the editors ii)Evidence-Based Social Workiii)Social Pedagogyiv)Ethnicity, Migration, and Anti-Racist Strategies in Social Workv)Feminist Social Work vi)Social Work Politics and Radical Social Workvii)Social Work and Childhood viii)Transnational Social Work5) Future Perspectives of Social Work in Europe and European Social Worki)Chapter-Introduction by the editors ii)Social Work in the Knowledge Capitalismiii)New Charity and Social Workiv)Professionalization in Social Servicesv)Social Work Educationvi)The Clients, the User , and the Consumer in Social Work6) Social Work’s Contribution to a Social Europe7) Keywords8) Authors