Where Academia and Policy Meet: A Cross-National Perspective on the Involvement of Social Work Academics in Social Policy

ISBN-13: 9781447320197 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 304 str.

John Gal; Idit Weiss-Gal

Opis

Though academia has the reputation of being removed from the world, in reality the worlds of the academy and politics meet frequently, and in a variety of ways productive and unproductive. This book presents the results of the first major crossnational comparative study of academic engagement in the creation of social policy. It offers new empirical data from twelve countries across Europe, North America, and the Middle East, with each chapter providing a brief overview of social work and social work education in the country under consideration, then presenting new data on the interactions between scholars and policy makers there."

Spis treści

Where academia and policy meet: an introduction ~ Jon Gal and Idit Weiss-Gal Social work academia and policy in Australia ~ Philip Mendes and Susan Baidawi Social work academia and policy in China ~ Minchao Jin, Xiao Li, Lei Wu and Jie Lei Social work academia and policy in Finland ~ Helena Blomberg and Christian Kroll Social work academia and policy in Germany ~ Andreas Herz and Stefan Köngeter Social work academics and policy in Israel ~ Idit Weiss-Gal and John Gal Social work academia and policy in Portugal ~ Francisco Branco Social work academia and policy in Puerto Rico ~ Gisela Negrón-Velázquez Social work academia and policy in South Africa ~ Antoinette Lombard Social work academics and policy in Spain ~ María Asunción Martínez-Román and Miguel Ángel Mateo-Pérez Social work academia and policy in Sweden ~ Katarina H. Thorén and Pia Tham Social work academia and policy in the United Kingdom ~ Hugh McLaughlin and Jo-Pei Tan Social work academia and policy in the United States ~ Arati Maleku and Richard Hoefer Where academia and policy meet: a cross-national perspective ~ Jon Gal and Idit Weiss-Gal