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Physical child abuses in urban China: victims' perceptions of the problem and impediments to help-seeking
- Authors:
- ZHU Yuhong, TANG Kwong-leung
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 55(4), 2012, pp.574-588.
- Publisher:
- Sage
An exploratory study in Nanjing, China, aimed to collect data on how Chinese children perceived and interpreted their experiences of parental physical abuse, and barriers to seeking help. For the research, in-depth interviews were conducted with 9 child victims (boys aged 13-17 years old) of parental physical abuse, all of whom had been hit with hard objects. Analysis of the transcribed interviews identified common themes, including perceived legitimacy of parental physical abuse, perceptions of effectiveness, perceived images of the perpetrator(s) during and after abuse, perceptions of parents' love, and reasons for not seeking help. The article sets out the background to the research, the methodology and the findings, with illustrative examples from the interviews. It notes that children tended to interpret the physical abuse as 'loving punishment', and that this was the main impediment to children's help-seeking. The authors discuss their findings and the context of Chinese culture, and make suggestions for policy development for child protection in mainland China.
Socialization factors conducive to social work students' gain in competence: experience in the Hong Kong SAR, China
- Authors:
- CHEUNG Chau-Kiu, TANG Kwong-leung
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work, 10(1), January 2010, pp.42-58.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The focus of this study was to examine how socialisation experiences related to background and secondary education affect Hong Kong social work students' grade point average and self-assessed gain in competence in social work. The authors report that, as expected, volunteer experience and a number of other socialisation factors make a difference in social work students' performance, and that notably the more often the Hong Kong social work student had volunteered during secondary school, the more the student reported a gain in competence in social work. The article includes discussion of the particular sociocultural and educational context of Hong Kong.
The competence of Hong Kong social work students in working with victims of the 2004 tsunami disaster
- Authors:
- TANG Kwong-leung, CHEUNG Chau-Kiu
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 50(3), May 2007, pp.405-418.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Social workers' competence in international disaster relief work involves making expedient use of services and resources. Their competence develops from their individual autonomy and experiences of empowerment. The hypothesis in this article was developed from a survey of 215 social work students from Hong Kong involved in disaster relief.
Internationalizing the struggle against neoliberal social policy: the experience of Canadian women
- Authors:
- TANG Kwong-leung, PETERS Heather
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 49(5), September 2006, pp.571-582.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The dominant economic philosophy, heavily influenced by neoliberalism, is antagonistic to state intervention. Drawing on the case of Canada, the authors argue that women's groups could resort to international advocacy to combat neoliberal social policy. Such advocacy has a number of potentials as discussed, including fostering a rights-based discourse.
Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: the Canadian experience
- Author:
- TANG Kwong-leung
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 46(3), July 2003, pp.277-288.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Canada signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child in December 1991. It played a leading role in the drafting process of the Convention. This article looks at the debates on the `spanking law' and the rights polls conducted by Elections Canada. They highlight the fact that the pursuit of children's rights could be socially divisive. Social workers ought to assist in the successful implementation of the Convention that would lead to an improvement in children's well-being and quality of life.
Guaranteeing women's rights: the UN Women's Convention
- Authors:
- TANG Kwong-leung, CHEUNG Jacqueline Tak-York
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 43(1), January 2000, pp.7-20.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article looks at the success and limitations of the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Some recommendations which touch on its supervisory and enforcement mechanisms are made and implications for social work practice are discussed.
The determinants of social security in developing countries: a comparative analysis
- Author:
- TANG Kwong-leung
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 39(4), October 1996, pp.377-393.
- Publisher:
- Sage
There is a conspicuous absence of empirical quantitative studies on structural determinants of social security in the third world. Using regression analysis, this study looks at the developing countries to validate the convergence these. In a sample of developing countries, most determinants predicted by the convergence theory are not significant. Urbanisation is the only variable which is significant. At first sight, the impact of urbanisation on social security spending would validate the convergence thesis. However, any interpretation of the influence of urbanisation in the developing countries needs to be cautious, since it may not be closely related to economic factors and industrialisation.