Frank Fischer
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780199242641
- eISBN:
- 9780191599255
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/019924264X.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
This is the last of four chapters offering a postempiricist methodology for policy inquiry based on the logic of practical discourse, and explores the dialectics (logical structure) of policy ...
More
This is the last of four chapters offering a postempiricist methodology for policy inquiry based on the logic of practical discourse, and explores the dialectics (logical structure) of policy argumentation. Approaches are examined to discursive policy analysis and policy argumentation with an emphasis on the integration of empirical and normative inquiry. The discussion is oriented around a particular line of development in the argumentative turn, namely, a dialectical communications approach based on the informal or good-reasons logic of argumentation. In particular, the productive capacities of the communications model are emphasized, namely, its ability to generate ways of thinking and seeing that open new possibilities for problem-solving and action, or, in the language of Habermas’s critical theory, its ‘communicative power’. The different sections of the chapter look at argumentative discursive policy practices, the communications model of argumentative policy analysis, the search for rational procedures in argumentation, the logic of policy arguments (practical discourse), policy argumentation as practical reason, policy argumentation as communicative interaction (the role of analytical discourses), and critical rationality as undistorted communication.Less
This is the last of four chapters offering a postempiricist methodology for policy inquiry based on the logic of practical discourse, and explores the dialectics (logical structure) of policy argumentation. Approaches are examined to discursive policy analysis and policy argumentation with an emphasis on the integration of empirical and normative inquiry. The discussion is oriented around a particular line of development in the argumentative turn, namely, a dialectical communications approach based on the informal or good-reasons logic of argumentation. In particular, the productive capacities of the communications model are emphasized, namely, its ability to generate ways of thinking and seeing that open new possibilities for problem-solving and action, or, in the language of Habermas’s critical theory, its ‘communicative power’. The different sections of the chapter look at argumentative discursive policy practices, the communications model of argumentative policy analysis, the search for rational procedures in argumentation, the logic of policy arguments (practical discourse), policy argumentation as practical reason, policy argumentation as communicative interaction (the role of analytical discourses), and critical rationality as undistorted communication.
Inge Kaul
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195179972
- eISBN:
- 9780199850709
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195179972.003.0003
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, International
This chapter explores the rise of the state as intermediary in public finance and its new role in blending external and domestic policy demands. It describes a model of the state underpinning ...
More
This chapter explores the rise of the state as intermediary in public finance and its new role in blending external and domestic policy demands. It describes a model of the state underpinning mainstream public finance theory and analyzes the external policy expectations facing the state. It identifies the discrepancies between the state's role in public finance theory and in actual policy practices and determines the areas in which public finance theory might need to better reflect the new, broadened role of the state.Less
This chapter explores the rise of the state as intermediary in public finance and its new role in blending external and domestic policy demands. It describes a model of the state underpinning mainstream public finance theory and analyzes the external policy expectations facing the state. It identifies the discrepancies between the state's role in public finance theory and in actual policy practices and determines the areas in which public finance theory might need to better reflect the new, broadened role of the state.
Idit Weiss-Gal and John Gal
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781847429735
- eISBN:
- 9781447307877
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847429735.003.0010
- Subject:
- Social Work, Research and Evaluation
This chapter draws upon the country case studies in order to offer some conclusions on policy practice in social work in the eight countries. The findings underscore differences in the discourse and ...
More
This chapter draws upon the country case studies in order to offer some conclusions on policy practice in social work in the eight countries. The findings underscore differences in the discourse and education with regard to policy practice in the various countries. While policy practice remains a marginal form of social practice, the level of engagement and its form differ across nations. The authors identify diverse routes through which social workers engage in policy practice and seek to identify the reasons for this. They then present a research agenda for studying this type of social work practice.Less
This chapter draws upon the country case studies in order to offer some conclusions on policy practice in social work in the eight countries. The findings underscore differences in the discourse and education with regard to policy practice in the various countries. While policy practice remains a marginal form of social practice, the level of engagement and its form differ across nations. The authors identify diverse routes through which social workers engage in policy practice and seek to identify the reasons for this. They then present a research agenda for studying this type of social work practice.
John Gal and Idit Weiss-Gal (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781847429735
- eISBN:
- 9781447307877
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847429735.001.0001
- Subject:
- Social Work, Research and Evaluation
Furthering social justice and human rights is a fundamental principle underlying the social work profession. Engaging in social policy formulation processes is a major route through which social ...
More
Furthering social justice and human rights is a fundamental principle underlying the social work profession. Engaging in social policy formulation processes is a major route through which social workers can realise this goal. This type of social work activity has been termed “policy practice”. The aim of this book is to shed light on policy practice in social work discourse, education and practice in eight liberal democracies. This is the first effort to undertake a cross-national study of social worker engagement in social policy formulation processes. The book offers insights into questions such as: What is the importance attributed to social worker involvement in policy change in the social work discourse and education in different countries? Does social work education train social workers to influence social policy? And, how do social workers influence social policy in various national settings?Less
Furthering social justice and human rights is a fundamental principle underlying the social work profession. Engaging in social policy formulation processes is a major route through which social workers can realise this goal. This type of social work activity has been termed “policy practice”. The aim of this book is to shed light on policy practice in social work discourse, education and practice in eight liberal democracies. This is the first effort to undertake a cross-national study of social worker engagement in social policy formulation processes. The book offers insights into questions such as: What is the importance attributed to social worker involvement in policy change in the social work discourse and education in different countries? Does social work education train social workers to influence social policy? And, how do social workers influence social policy in various national settings?
Lucila Newell
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781447338499
- eISBN:
- 9781447338543
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447338499.003.0006
- Subject:
- Sociology, Marriage and the Family
This chapter explores breastfeeding as a practice through a sociological and geographical perspective. More particularly, it closely follows E. Shove's work on social practices to think about the ...
More
This chapter explores breastfeeding as a practice through a sociological and geographical perspective. More particularly, it closely follows E. Shove's work on social practices to think about the everyday practice of breastfeeding. The aim is to change the type of questions asked about breastfeeding, and to change how the issue is framed, to inspire people to develop alternative policy proposals. It suggests a framework focusing on practices to bring in the wealth of research and perspectives on breastfeeding that focus on the wider emotional, social, and cultural issues that affect breastfeeding in a way that can inform policy practices. The chapter describes what a practice-based approach means and looks like, and how it differs from behaviouralist approaches. It also outlines how breastfeeding relates to its competing practice: feeding babies with infant formula. Threaded through this analysis are ways in which these practices reproduce each other, and their patterns of recruitment and defection. The chapter then analyses the elements and histories that make up breastfeeding practice today, and ends with thoughts on how these may move policy forward.Less
This chapter explores breastfeeding as a practice through a sociological and geographical perspective. More particularly, it closely follows E. Shove's work on social practices to think about the everyday practice of breastfeeding. The aim is to change the type of questions asked about breastfeeding, and to change how the issue is framed, to inspire people to develop alternative policy proposals. It suggests a framework focusing on practices to bring in the wealth of research and perspectives on breastfeeding that focus on the wider emotional, social, and cultural issues that affect breastfeeding in a way that can inform policy practices. The chapter describes what a practice-based approach means and looks like, and how it differs from behaviouralist approaches. It also outlines how breastfeeding relates to its competing practice: feeding babies with infant formula. Threaded through this analysis are ways in which these practices reproduce each other, and their patterns of recruitment and defection. The chapter then analyses the elements and histories that make up breastfeeding practice today, and ends with thoughts on how these may move policy forward.
Jonathan Wistow, Tim Blackman, David Byrne, and Gerald Wistow
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781447305286
- eISBN:
- 9781447312031
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447305286.003.0003
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
Health inequality outcomes in local systems reflect the design of services, interactions between agents and contextual attributes. This chapter outlines an approach to understanding health ...
More
Health inequality outcomes in local systems reflect the design of services, interactions between agents and contextual attributes. This chapter outlines an approach to understanding health inequalities by adopting a whole systems approach that firstly focuses on different types of policy and practice, ways of working and types of interventions adopted in local health systems. Secondly, a range of contextual conditions, such as levels of deprivation, crime rates, demographics and educational attainment are outlined. Together these ‘conditions’ form a longlist of factors potentially influencing progress towards narrowing of health inequalities gaps. The chapter concludes with a discussion about how binary approaches to causation can be complex by reflecting the transition from one type of system to another e.g., the difference between a local authority area narrowing it’s health inequalities gap and one that is not.Less
Health inequality outcomes in local systems reflect the design of services, interactions between agents and contextual attributes. This chapter outlines an approach to understanding health inequalities by adopting a whole systems approach that firstly focuses on different types of policy and practice, ways of working and types of interventions adopted in local health systems. Secondly, a range of contextual conditions, such as levels of deprivation, crime rates, demographics and educational attainment are outlined. Together these ‘conditions’ form a longlist of factors potentially influencing progress towards narrowing of health inequalities gaps. The chapter concludes with a discussion about how binary approaches to causation can be complex by reflecting the transition from one type of system to another e.g., the difference between a local authority area narrowing it’s health inequalities gap and one that is not.
Christopher Bjork
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780226309385
- eISBN:
- 9780226309552
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226309552.003.0001
- Subject:
- Education, Educational Policy and Politics
Chapter one introduces the global political setting of the debates surrounding best education practices. Arguments for standardized testing and austere accountability measures are clashing with those ...
More
Chapter one introduces the global political setting of the debates surrounding best education practices. Arguments for standardized testing and austere accountability measures are clashing with those more in favor of relaxed and student-centered education practices. Regarded as a world leader in education only a few decades ago, Japan is now embroiled in the debate and searching for answers. As policies in favor of yutori kyoiku, or relaxed education, trickle down to individual Japanese schools, the complex nature of the interaction between policy and practice is illuminated.Less
Chapter one introduces the global political setting of the debates surrounding best education practices. Arguments for standardized testing and austere accountability measures are clashing with those more in favor of relaxed and student-centered education practices. Regarded as a world leader in education only a few decades ago, Japan is now embroiled in the debate and searching for answers. As policies in favor of yutori kyoiku, or relaxed education, trickle down to individual Japanese schools, the complex nature of the interaction between policy and practice is illuminated.
Idit Weiss-Gal
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781847429735
- eISBN:
- 9781447307877
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847429735.003.0004
- Subject:
- Social Work, Research and Evaluation
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in Israel. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on ...
More
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in Israel. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on to discuss the degree to which Israeli social workers actually engage in policy practice. The chapter concludes with an effort to explain the level and forms of engagement of social workers in policy practice in Israel.Less
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in Israel. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on to discuss the degree to which Israeli social workers actually engage in policy practice. The chapter concludes with an effort to explain the level and forms of engagement of social workers in policy practice in Israel.
Sheena Asthana and Joyce Halliday
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861346742
- eISBN:
- 9781447304258
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861346742.003.0011
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter examines policy and practice for addressing health inequalities during adulthood. It discusses the key sources of vulnerability including lifestyle, psychosocial health and material ...
More
This chapter examines policy and practice for addressing health inequalities during adulthood. It discusses the key sources of vulnerability including lifestyle, psychosocial health and material living conditions and analyses the evidence base for what works and the relationship of what works to the policy environment. It suggests that the evidence base for interventions targeting psychosocial health and material deprivation is far more tenuous than for behavioural interventions targeting lifestyle.Less
This chapter examines policy and practice for addressing health inequalities during adulthood. It discusses the key sources of vulnerability including lifestyle, psychosocial health and material living conditions and analyses the evidence base for what works and the relationship of what works to the policy environment. It suggests that the evidence base for interventions targeting psychosocial health and material deprivation is far more tenuous than for behavioural interventions targeting lifestyle.
John Gal and Idit Weiss-Gal
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781847429735
- eISBN:
- 9781447307877
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847429735.003.0001
- Subject:
- Social Work, Research and Evaluation
This chapter offers an introduction to the notion of policy practice in social work, a term which describes the involvement of social workers in the policy process. The chapter explores the reasons ...
More
This chapter offers an introduction to the notion of policy practice in social work, a term which describes the involvement of social workers in the policy process. The chapter explores the reasons for social worker engagement in policy practice and describes existing knowledge on this. It then underscores the need for cross-national data on the role of social workers in the policy process in different countries.Less
This chapter offers an introduction to the notion of policy practice in social work, a term which describes the involvement of social workers in the policy process. The chapter explores the reasons for social worker engagement in policy practice and describes existing knowledge on this. It then underscores the need for cross-national data on the role of social workers in the policy process in different countries.
Sheena Asthana and Joyce Halliday
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861346742
- eISBN:
- 9781447304258
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861346742.003.0013
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter examines policy and practice in addressing health inequalities in older people. It considers efforts to improve the health and well-being of older citizens through lifestyle/behavioural ...
More
This chapter examines policy and practice in addressing health inequalities in older people. It considers efforts to improve the health and well-being of older citizens through lifestyle/behavioural interventions, initiatives that target housing and living standards and initiatives designed to improve access to health and social care. It suggests that older people themselves are more concerned about their independence and quality of life rather than the availability or quality of care services.Less
This chapter examines policy and practice in addressing health inequalities in older people. It considers efforts to improve the health and well-being of older citizens through lifestyle/behavioural interventions, initiatives that target housing and living standards and initiatives designed to improve access to health and social care. It suggests that older people themselves are more concerned about their independence and quality of life rather than the availability or quality of care services.
Philip Mendes
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781847429735
- eISBN:
- 9781447307877
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847429735.003.0002
- Subject:
- Social Work, Research and Evaluation
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in Australia. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves ...
More
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in Australia. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on to discuss the degree to which Australian social workers actually engage in policy practice. The chapter concludes with an effort to explain the relatively limited engagement of social workers in policy practice in Australia.Less
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in Australia. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on to discuss the degree to which Australian social workers actually engage in policy practice. The chapter concludes with an effort to explain the relatively limited engagement of social workers in policy practice in Australia.
Richard Hoefer
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781847429735
- eISBN:
- 9781447307877
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847429735.003.0009
- Subject:
- Social Work, Research and Evaluation
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in the United States. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then ...
More
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in the United States. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on to discuss the degree to which American social workers actually engage in policy practice. The chapter concludes with an effort to explain the level and forms of engagement of social workers in policy practice in the United States.Less
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in the United States. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on to discuss the degree to which American social workers actually engage in policy practice. The chapter concludes with an effort to explain the level and forms of engagement of social workers in policy practice in the United States.
Mark van Twist, Rien Rouw, and Martijn van der Steen
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781447313335
- eISBN:
- 9781447313359
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447313335.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
These days ‘evidence based policy’ is a popular concept to stress the importance of strengthening the relation between policy analysis and policy practice. In this chapter the authors will argue that ...
More
These days ‘evidence based policy’ is a popular concept to stress the importance of strengthening the relation between policy analysis and policy practice. In this chapter the authors will argue that a practice based, deliberative interpretation of the ‘evidence based policy’-concept is needed, characterized by an emphasis on ongoing interaction and ‘fluidity’ and ‘fluency’ in the connections between policy analysis and policy practice. Brokerage is crucial to succeed in creating this ‘fluidity’ and ‘fluency’. That is why an attempt is made to formulate design principles for effective brokerage.Less
These days ‘evidence based policy’ is a popular concept to stress the importance of strengthening the relation between policy analysis and policy practice. In this chapter the authors will argue that a practice based, deliberative interpretation of the ‘evidence based policy’-concept is needed, characterized by an emphasis on ongoing interaction and ‘fluidity’ and ‘fluency’ in the connections between policy analysis and policy practice. Brokerage is crucial to succeed in creating this ‘fluidity’ and ‘fluency’. That is why an attempt is made to formulate design principles for effective brokerage.
Graeme Simpson
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781847429735
- eISBN:
- 9781447307877
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847429735.003.0003
- Subject:
- Social Work, Research and Evaluation
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in England. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on ...
More
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in England. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on to discuss the degree to which English social workers actually engage in policy practice. The chapter concludes with an effort to explain the very limited engagement of social workers in policy practice in England.Less
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in England. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on to discuss the degree to which English social workers actually engage in policy practice. The chapter concludes with an effort to explain the very limited engagement of social workers in policy practice in England.
Katarina H. Thorén and Tapio Salonen
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781847429735
- eISBN:
- 9781447307877
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847429735.003.0008
- Subject:
- Social Work, Research and Evaluation
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in Sweden. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on ...
More
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in Sweden. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on to discuss the degree to which Swedish social workers actually engage in policy practice. The chapter concludes with an effort to explain the very limited level of engagement of social workers in policy practice in Sweden.Less
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in Sweden. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on to discuss the degree to which Swedish social workers actually engage in policy practice. The chapter concludes with an effort to explain the very limited level of engagement of social workers in policy practice in Sweden.
Mieko Takahashi, Saori Kamano, Tomoko Matsuda, Setsuko Onode, and Kyoko Yoshizumi
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199681136
- eISBN:
- 9780191767449
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199681136.003.0004
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Public and Welfare
This chapter explores barriers in workplace organization that working parents need to overcome to increase their agency and capabilities to achieve worklife balance (WLB) in Japan. The analysis of ...
More
This chapter explores barriers in workplace organization that working parents need to overcome to increase their agency and capabilities to achieve worklife balance (WLB) in Japan. The analysis of the qualitative data incorporating findings from nationwide surveys shows that the gap existing between WLB policies and people’s practices is caused in large part by gendered working patterns. Gendered expectations have normalized long working hours and work-centered lives for men and coerced women to choose between work and childcare, in response to which many leave their jobs following childbirth and lead lives focused on housework and childcare. Such expectations are reinforced by gendered implementation of WLB policies at work: women were allowed more latitude in using policies for family matters than men do. It is critical that companies be required to make alternate staffing arrangements so that workers availing themselves of WLB policies would not be a burden to others.Less
This chapter explores barriers in workplace organization that working parents need to overcome to increase their agency and capabilities to achieve worklife balance (WLB) in Japan. The analysis of the qualitative data incorporating findings from nationwide surveys shows that the gap existing between WLB policies and people’s practices is caused in large part by gendered working patterns. Gendered expectations have normalized long working hours and work-centered lives for men and coerced women to choose between work and childcare, in response to which many leave their jobs following childbirth and lead lives focused on housework and childcare. Such expectations are reinforced by gendered implementation of WLB policies at work: women were allowed more latitude in using policies for family matters than men do. It is critical that companies be required to make alternate staffing arrangements so that workers availing themselves of WLB policies would not be a burden to others.
Stephen Peckham and Alison Hann
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847421029
- eISBN:
- 9781447303114
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847421029.003.0001
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about ethical issues in public health and policy making. This volume introduces the concept of public health ethics and ...
More
This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about ethical issues in public health and policy making. This volume introduces the concept of public health ethics and addresses a range of key ethical issues in public health practice and policy. It also attempts to bring theory and practice together and raise key questions for future debate and discussion and describes what kinds of ethical approaches public health practitioners can adopt in support of developing and implementing public health programmes.Less
This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about ethical issues in public health and policy making. This volume introduces the concept of public health ethics and addresses a range of key ethical issues in public health practice and policy. It also attempts to bring theory and practice together and raise key questions for future debate and discussion and describes what kinds of ethical approaches public health practitioners can adopt in support of developing and implementing public health programmes.
María-Asunción Martínez-Román
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781847429735
- eISBN:
- 9781447307877
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847429735.003.0007
- Subject:
- Social Work, Research and Evaluation
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in Spain. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on to ...
More
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in Spain. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on to discuss the degree to which Spanish social workers actually engage in policy practice. The chapter concludes with an effort to explain the level and forms of engagement of social workers in policy practice in Spain.Less
This chapter explores the engagement of social workers in the policy process in Spain. It describes the professional discourse and socialization process regarding policy practice and then moves on to discuss the degree to which Spanish social workers actually engage in policy practice. The chapter concludes with an effort to explain the level and forms of engagement of social workers in policy practice in Spain.
Ursula Apitzsch, Joanna Bornat, and Prue Chamberlayne
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861344939
- eISBN:
- 9781447301554
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861344939.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Research and Statistics
This book discusses the relevance of biographical methods and the contextualised understanding of human agency as keys in professional interventions. Its interest lies in the effectiveness of ...
More
This book discusses the relevance of biographical methods and the contextualised understanding of human agency as keys in professional interventions. Its interest lies in the effectiveness of biographical methods in investigating and generating new forms of social practice and in gaining fresh insights into institutional processes. The contributions in this book illustrate the way in which biographical methods have been applied in various aspects of professional training as well as in partnership with users. It evaluates the biographical practice against a mapping of practitioner and user positioning and experience. It also reviews developments in policy and practice in a comparative European perspective. This book is based on the dialogues of international networks of biographical researchers and draws on research from a wide range of countries. In this introductory chapter, the concept of ‘professional practice’ is defined and clarified. The introductory chapter then moves on by reflecting on the differing contexts in which biographically focused professional practice has emerged.Less
This book discusses the relevance of biographical methods and the contextualised understanding of human agency as keys in professional interventions. Its interest lies in the effectiveness of biographical methods in investigating and generating new forms of social practice and in gaining fresh insights into institutional processes. The contributions in this book illustrate the way in which biographical methods have been applied in various aspects of professional training as well as in partnership with users. It evaluates the biographical practice against a mapping of practitioner and user positioning and experience. It also reviews developments in policy and practice in a comparative European perspective. This book is based on the dialogues of international networks of biographical researchers and draws on research from a wide range of countries. In this introductory chapter, the concept of ‘professional practice’ is defined and clarified. The introductory chapter then moves on by reflecting on the differing contexts in which biographically focused professional practice has emerged.
