Marginalised groups protest against social welfare and public health: conceptualising the challenge for social workers
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2020-09-16Metadata
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Aaslund, Chear. Marginalised groups protest against social welfare and public health: conceptualising the challenge for social workers. European Journal of Social Work. 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2020.1818059Abstract
As neoliberalisation and other global disruptions change the understanding of human rights and social justice for social workers, how are protests organised by marginalised groups against social welfare and public health regimes understood and participated, or even resisted, by social workers? Although there is a vast literature on protest and community organising in the social work tradition, there is less exploration of marginalised groups organising against the systems in which social workers are employed, thereby leading to dilemmas for social workers. Hence, more knowledge is necessary about social workers’ capability to respond to such protests.
Using collective action and social movement theories, this paper introduces a conceptual framework in order to identify key factors and variables when marginalised groups organise against social welfare and public health regimes and social workers are involved. The conceptual framework concerns social workers’ value negotiation of human rights and social justice principles, collective action framing, ethical decision-making, and ultimately, the thought process behind a social worker’s response to collective actions against social welfare and public health regimes. Nyliberalisme og andre globale utfordringer endrer forståelsen av
menneskerettigheter og sosial rettferdighet for sosialarbeidere. Hvordan blir
protest fra marginaliserte grupper mot velferds- eller folkehelseregimer forstått
og deltatt i - eller også motarbeidet - av sosialarbeidere? Tross omfattende
litteratur om protest og samfunnsarbeid i sosialt arbeid, er marginaliserte
grupper som organiserer seg mot systemene sosialarbeidere er ansatt i – og
dilemmaene dette fører til for sosialarbeidere – lite utforsket. Derfor er det
behov for mer kunnskap om sosialarbeideres muligheter til å svare på slike
protester.
Artikkelen bygger på teorier om sosiale bevegelser og kollektiv handling, og
introduserer et begrepsmessig rammeverk for å identifisere sentrale faktorer og variabler når marginaliserte grupper organiserer seg mot velferd- og
folkehelseregimer, der sosialarbeidere er involvert. Rammeverket omfatter sosialarbeidernes verdiforhandlinger knyttet til menneskerettigheter og
prinsipper for sosial rettferdighet, forståelsesrammer etiske
beslutningsprosesser, og til syvende og sist, tankeprosessen bak en
sosialarbeiders respons på kollektive handlinger mot velferds- og
folkehelseregimer.
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Taylor & FrancisSeries
European Journal of Social Work;Volume 23, 2020 - Issue 6: Social work research, humans right and social justice in a changing welfare societyJournal
European Journal of Social Work
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