Index

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures and tables vii
4. Notes on contributors ix
5. Acknowledgements xvii
6. Introduction: social work and the making of social policy 1
7. Social work, problem definition and agenda setting
8. Social work as policy innovator: challenges and possibilities in the UK 21
9. Social work, problem definition and policy change in the US: the case of sex-trafficked youth 37
10. The voices of Italian social workers: from a pilot anti-poverty intervention to a national policy 53
11. Social work interests in policy formulation and decision making
12. Social reform in the US: lessons from the Progressive Era 71
13. Social work academia and social policy in Israel: on the role of social work academics in the policy process 89
14. Social workers’ collective policy practice in times of austerity: Italy and Spain compared 105
15. Social policy and welfare movements ‘from below’: the Social Work Action Network (SWAN) in the UK 121
16. Social work and implementation
17. Policy work and the ethics of obedience and resistance: perspectives from Britain and beyond 139
18. Systemic barriers to effective implementation of child protection reform in Israel 155
19. Social workers implementing social assistance in Spain: reshaping poverty in a familialistic welfare state 169
20. Layering, social risks and manufactured uncertainties in social work in Poland 185
21. ‘A little more humanity’: placement officers in Germany between social work and social policy 201
22. Conclusion: social work and the making of social policy – lessons learned 217
23. Index 229