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@Article{Ward:2006,
  author  = "John Ward", 
  title   = "Three Decades of Social Work in France: from Security within the Welfare State to a State of «Disembedded Modernity»",
  journal = "Social Work & Society",
  number  = "2",
  year    = "2006"
}

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Bibliographic Citation Social Work & Society, Volume 4, Number 2 (2006-12-19)
Title Three Decades of Social Work in France: from Security within the Welfare State to a State of «Disembedded Modernity» (eng)
Author John Ward
Language eng
Abstract This article gives an overview of trends in policy on the functions and role of social work in French society over the past twenty years. The author suggests several reasons for the current feeling of crisis of professional identity among professionals and the complexities of the political demands made on social work. These are analysed as a consequence of the specific French context of decentralisation of the State and of the multitude of approaches to organisation and to professional training programs. On a broader level, it seems that French social work reflects many characteristics of “modernity” being concerned with difficulties in defining a clear identity, lack of a clear territorial and institutional base (or “disembeddedness” to borrow Giddens term) and difficulties in finding a clear voice to make its values heard in an increasingly politicised arena of public debate.
Subject social work, role, modernity, decentralisation, professional identity, politics, France
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DDC 300
Rights DPPL
URN urn:nbn:de:0009-11-7532
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