When Social Workers Impact Policy and Don’t Just Implement it: A Framework for Understanding Policy Engagement

John Gal; Idit Weiss-Gal

doi:10.46692/9781447364788

When Social Workers Impact Policy and Don’t Just Implement it

A Framework for Understanding Policy Engagement

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John Gal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Idit Weiss-Gal, Tel-Aviv University

Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Online publication date:: June 2023
Print publication year:: 2022
Online ISBN:: 9781447364788
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.46692/9781447364788

Subjects:: Sociology: General Interest, Sociology

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Rather than being seen simply as social policy implementors, in recent decades there has been recognition of the unique insights that social workers can bring to policy formulation. This book offers a theoretical framework for understanding why social workers engage in policy, and the implications for research, education and practice.

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A Framework for Understanding Policy Engagement

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Front matter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

List of figures and tables
pp viii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-x

1 - Introduction
pp 1-12

2 - On the social work-social policy interface
pp 13-40

3 - The environments
pp 41-60

4 - Opportunity
pp 61-80

5 - Facilitation
pp 81-101

6 - Motivation
pp 102-119

7 - Explaining the policy engagement of social workers and beyond
pp 120-130

Notes
pp 131-131

References
pp 132-166

Index
pp 167-174

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