2,990
Views
25
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Social work as a policy actor: understanding social policy as an open-ended democratic practice

Het sociaal Werk als beleidsactor: naar een beter begrip van het sociaal beleid als een open en democratische praktijk

&

References

  • Almog-Bar, M., Weiss-Gal, I., & Gal, J. (2015). Bringing public policy into policy practice. Journal of Social Work, 15(4), 390–408. doi: 10.1177/1468017314547304
  • Anderson, I., & Christian, J. (2003). Causes of homelessness in the UK: A dynamic analysis. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 13(2), 105–118. doi: 10.1002/casp.714
  • Baldock, J., Manning, N., & Vickerstaff, S. (2003). Social policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Beck, U. (1992). Risk society: Towards a new modernity. London: Sage.
  • Biesta, G. (2014). Learning democracy in school and society. Rotterdam/Boston/Taipei: Sense Publishers.
  • Binderkrantz, A. (2004). Interest group strategies: Navigating between privileged access and strategies of pressure. Political Studies, 53, 694–715. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2005.00552.x
  • De Corte, J., Verschuere, B., & Bouverne-De Bie, M. (2017). The political role of social work: Grasping the momentum of working through interorganisational networks. Journal of Social Service Research, 43(3), 404–415. doi: 10.1080/01488376.2017.1295007
  • De Corte, J., Verschuere, B., & De Bie, M. (2017). Networks for welfare provision: Getting a grip on processes of social exclusion by evaluating network effectiveness. Social Policy & Administration, 51(7), 1174–1190. doi: 10.1111/spol.12241
  • Dunn, W. N. (2013). Public policy analysis: An introduction. London: Pearson Education.
  • Easton, D. (1965). A framework for political analysis. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
  • Erskine, A. (2003). The approaches and methods of social policy. In P. Alcock, A. Erskine, & M. May (Eds.), The student’s companion to social policy (pp. 11–16). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
  • Gal, J., & Weiss-Gal, I. (2013). Social workers affecting social policy: An international perspective. Bristol: Policy Press.
  • Gil, D. (1973). Unraveling social policy. New York: Schenkman.
  • Grant, W. (2000). Pressure groups and British politics. London: Macmillan.
  • Guo, C., & Saxton, G. D. (2017). Speaking and being heard: How nonprofit advocacy organizations gain attention on social media. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly doi:10.1177/0899764017713724.
  • Haynes, K. S. (1998). The one hundred year debate: Social reform vs. Individual treatment. Social Work, 43(6), 501–509. doi: 10.1093/sw/43.6.501
  • Haynes, K. S., & Mickelson, J. S. (1997). Affecting change: Social workers in the political arena. White Plains, NY: Addison Wesley Longman.
  • Heywood, A. (2013). Politics. London: Palgrave MacMillan.
  • Howlett, M., Ramesh, M., & Perl, A. (2009). Studying public policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Jansson, B. S. (2008). Becoming an effective policy advocate: From policy practice to social justice. Belmont, CA: Thomson, Brooks/Cole Pub.
  • Jorden, B., & Jordan, C. (2000). Social work and the third way. Though love as social policy. London: Sage Publications Ltd.
  • Kingdon, J. W. (1984). Agendas, alternatives, and public policies. Boston: Little, Brown.
  • Lane, J.-E. (2000). The public sector: Concepts, models and approaches. London: Sage Publications.
  • Lavalette, M., & Pratt, A. (2006). Social policy: Theories, concepts & issues. London: Sage Publications.
  • Lefort, C. (1988). Democracy & political theory. Cambridge: Polity Press.
  • Lindblom, C. E. (1979). Still muddling, not yet through. Public Administration Review, 39(6), 517–526. doi: 10.2307/976178
  • Lipsky, M. (1980). Street level bureaucracy dilemmas of the individual in public service. New York City: Russel Sage Foundation.
  • Lister, R. (2003). Principles of welfare. In P. Alcock, A. Erskine, & M. May (Eds.), The student’s companion to social policy (pp. 260–266). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
  • Marston, G., & McDonald, C. (2012). Getting beyond ‘heroic agency’ in conceptualizing social workers as policy actors in the 21st century. British Journal of Social Work, 42(6), 1022–1038. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcs062
  • Matland, R. E. (1995). Synthesizing the implementation literature: The ambiguity-conflict model of policy implementation. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 5(2), 145–174.
  • Mintrom, M., & Norman, P. (2009). Policy entrepreneurship and policy change. Policy Studies Journal, 37(4), 649–667. doi: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2009.00329.x
  • Moon, J. D. (2004). The political theory of the welfare state. In G. F. Gaus, & C. Kukuthas (Eds.), Handbook of political theory (pp. 201–222). London: Sage Publications.
  • Moran, M., Rein, M., & Goodin, R. E. (2006). The Oxford handbook of public policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Mouffe, C. (2005). On the political. London: Routledge.
  • Mullaly, R. P. (2007). The new structural social work. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Nowlin, M. C. (2011). Theories of the policy process: State of the research and emergent trends. Policy Studies Journal, 39(s1), 41–60. doi: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2010.00389_4.x
  • Powell, F. W. (2001). The politics of social work. London: Sage Publications.
  • Pressman, J. L., & Wildavsky, A. B. (1984). Implementation. Oakland: University of California Press.
  • Propper, C. (2016). Efficiency, equity and choice. In P. Alcock, A. Erskine, & M. May (Eds.), The student’s companion to social policy (pp. 48–54). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
  • Roose, R., & Bouverne-De Bie, M. (2003). From participative research to participative practice: A study in youth care. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 13(6), 475–485. doi: 10.1002/casp.752
  • Sabatier, P. A. (1986). Top-down and bottom-up approaches to implementation research: A critical analysis and suggested synthesis. Journal of Public Policy, 6(1), 21–48. doi: 10.1017/S0143814X00003846
  • Titmuss, R. M. (1976). Commitment to welfare. London: Allen & Unwin.
  • Van Parijs, P. (1995). Sauver la solidarité. Paris: Editions du Cerf.
  • Weiss-Gal, I., & Gal, J. (2008). Social workers and policy-practice: The role of social and professional values. Journal of Social Service Research, 34(4), 15–27. doi: 10.1080/01488370802162301
  • Weiss-Gal, I., Gal, J., & Katan, J. (2006). Social policy for social work: A teaching agenda. British Journal of Social Work, 36, 789–806. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bch324

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.