Toward a new balance between governmental and non-governmental community work: the case of Israel

Social Workers’ Conflict of Loyalty in the Context of Social Activism: The Case of the 2011 Social Protests in Israel

“…These efforts include activities such as political campaigns, rallies, protests, marches, and strikes (King, 1963;Menuhin, 2010). Social activism is at one end of the continuum of policy practice, which covers a broad spectrum of activities aimed at formulating new social policies or improving existing policies.…”

Do national welfare systems have an influence on interdisciplinary collaborations within schools of social work and their communities? The case of the Nordic countries

“…The main goals of these services were to promote the ideologies of socialization, absorption, and integration of the post Second World War Holocaust survivor immigrants in a ‘Jewish melting-pot’ (Habib, 2001; Spiro, 1967). Since the early 1980s, this model has shifted to a more neo-liberal ideology, following the USA ‘Reaganism’ and the British ‘Thatcherism’ models, aiming to cut back on the expenses of the growing welfare state (Kop et al, 1989; Korazim-Kőrösy, 2000).…”

Social Work Graduates and Welfare Economy Sector Preferences

“…An expressed preference for employment in the voluntary non-profit sector may then be construed as representing more than just a realistic assessment of employment possibilities but also reflect graduates' quest for work that will enable them to serve the interests of clients and engage in social action in a dynamic and more prestigious setting while releasing them from the hamstrings of low status employment in a rigid, unrewarding, state bureaucracy (Alcock & Christensen, 1995;Jordan & Jones, 1995;Korazim-Korosy, 2000). Thus this sector may be seen to offer the students the type of intrinsic rewards that have been found to influence both job recruitment and job satisfaction among human service workers (Blankertz & Robinson, 1997;Haj-Yahia, Bargal, & Guterman, 2000;Jayaratne & Chess, 1984).…”