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Newsletter August 2007


SOCIAL WORK & SOCIETY - Journal and Magazine for Social Work & Social Policy
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NEWSLETTER August 2007

Dear colleagues and friends of the SOCIAL WORK & SOCIETY Network,

We are very pleased to inform you about some great news on SOCIAL WORK & SOCIETY (SW&S)!

- The New Issue of the SW&S-Journal (Vol 5, Issue 1) is just launched.

- The SW&S network will be accountable for publishing the SW&S-Online-Journal (www.socwork.net) and a News-Magazine from now on: the SW&S-Magazine (www.socmag.net).

- The fifth SW&S-Academy will start in a few days time in Messina/Italy (see www.tissa.net).

Please visit the new issues of our SW&S-Journal (SocWork) and our new SW&S-Magazine (SocMag) and see you in Messina!

The SW&S-Magazine [SocMag]:

Our SW&S-Magazine presents currently news and reports from Russia, Australia, Canada, Belgium/EU, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, USA, Brazil and a new section on "Announcements of International Publications" and "International Selected Web Information on Social Work and Social Policy".

The SW&S-Journal [SocWork]:

The new issue of our SW&S-Journal offers you high quality papers (see below), a research note on Organisational Research in the field of Home Based Family Support, an essay on the Current Development of Social Work in Italy, a new historical portrait on Réne Sand (1877-1953), one of the IASSW-Presidents, and not at least the next keyword (Civil Society) in our SW&S-Glossary.

New Articles:

- Enabling Access to Welfare Services - the Place of Social Solidarity and Dialogue by Rachana Patni (UK)

- Neighbourhoods Mobilise the Troops - Community Organising, Violence and Governmentality by Sabine Stövesand (Germany)

- An Australian Perspective on Singaporean Welfare Policy by Philip Mendes (Australia)

- Social Work Students´ Use of Knowledge in Direct Practice - Reasons, Strategies and Effects by Björn Blom, Lennart Nygren, Cia Nyman, Carina Scheid (Sweden)

- Theory and Practice: A Matter of Words. Language, Knowledge and Professional Community in Social Work by Silvia Fargion (Italy)


Just click and see:

The new Issue on www.socwork.net and current information and News on the www.socmag.net!

More Information on the SW&S-Network click here!

Sincerly yours,
Fabian Kessl [Journal], Nadia Kutscher [Magazine] & Hans-Uwe Otto [Journal/Magazine]


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