When Social Workers Impact Policy and Don’t Just Implement It - A Framework for Understanding Policy Engagement

This book offers a theoretical framework for understanding why social workers engage in policy, and the implications for research, education and practice.

About the author

​John Gal is professor and dean at the Paul Baewald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published extensively on social policy in a comparative perspective and on policy practice among social workers.

Summary

Rather than being seen simply as social policy implementors, in recent decades there has been recognition of the unique insights that social workers can bring to policy formulation. This book offers a theoretical framework for understanding why social workers engage in policy, and the implications for research, education and practice.

Product details

• Authors: John Gal, John (Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare Gal, Idit Weiss-Gal, Idit (Bob Shapell School of Social Work Weiss-Gal
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.02.2024
• EAN: 9781447364764
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-6476-4
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 234 mm x 156 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 296 g
• Illustrations: 2 Tables, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white
• Series: Research in social work
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education