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(Against) Neoliberal social work
- Author:
- HARRIS John
- Journal article citation:
- Critical and Radical Social Work, 2(1), 2014, pp.7-22.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Neoliberalism asserts that it is applicable in domains beyond private sector business. With regard to social work it has three main propositions that it sees as the key to social work's transformation and three processes that correspond to them: markets are efficient and effective (marketisation); individuals should be responsible for themselves and run their own lives (consumerisation); and the private sector can supply management knowledge and techniques to the public and voluntary sectors (managerialisation). The extent to which these processes have taken hold and the precise combinations in which they appear vary but they constitute a direction of travel in many countries. In this article each process is considered in turn with regard to its impact on social work. (Publisher abstract)
Contingent on context? Social work and the State in Australia, Britain, and the USA
- Authors:
- McDONALD Catherine, HARRIS John, WINTERSTEEN Richard
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 33(2), March 2003, pp.191-208.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The notion that social work is an international profession, operating with generally similar goals, methodologies, and common values is considered critically. Examining the political and social contexts of three countries Australia, Britain and the United States, the role of social work within the welfare processes of each country is compared. While social work as an identifiable professional activity shares some features, it is argued that the idea of its having a core essence needs to be tempered with a realistic assessment of the importance of contextually created difference. Recent and rapid developments in the institutional context, such as those experienced in these three countries, further underscore the limited utility of the notion of a common professional project.
Globalisation or glocalisation? Community care in Taiwan and Britain
- Authors:
- HARRIS John, CHOU Yueh-Ching
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 4(2), July 2001, pp.161-172.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Theorising on wide-scale socio-economic change might suggest that in occidental and oriental welfare regimes a process of convergence is underway, as a result of competitive pressures generated by the global economy and as part of the diffusion of social welfare discourses worldwide. A particular case of possible convergence, namely community care policies in Taiwan and Britain in the 1990s, is identified. However, despite superficial similarities in policy and practice developments a more careful examination suggests that, whilst they may be infused with similar rhetoric, the context and content of policy and practice in each country is radically different. This suggests the possibility that whilst the global economy will continue to act as a major constraint on social welfare development, with welfare discourses becoming increasingly globalised, the policy and practice which emerges will continue to be inflected by national contexts and mediated by existing country-specific institutional arrangements; a process of glocalisation rather than globalisation.
Post-Fordism, the Welfare State and the Personal Social Services: a comparison of Australia and Britain
- Authors:
- HARRIS John, McDONALD Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 30(1), February 2000, pp.51-70.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The post-Fordist welfare state thesis locates contemporary social welfare change within a wider analysis of the transformation of capitalist accumulation regimes. Services to older people in Australia and Britain are employed as the specific context of comparison in relation to three dimensions of measuring transformation along a Post-Fordist trajectory: a shift from a unitary economy to a mixed economy of service provision; changes in the model of service delivery and consumption; and strengthening the governance function of the central state. This comparative analysis suggests the need for refinement of the Post-Fordist welfare state thesis concerning the restructuring of social welfare and its impact on the personal social services.
Social Europe, social citizenship and social services
- Authors:
- WHITE Vicky, HARRIS John
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 2(1), March 1999, pp.3-13.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The article begins by considering moves to establish 'Social Europe', alongside the European Union's single market, and the emphasis within the formulation of Social Europe on an employment-based model of social citizenship. This employment-based model is considered to be too limited for application to the social services. Accordingly, two other models are placed within the context of continuing European debate. These models are termed 'state clienthood' and 'state-sponsored consumerism'.
Working with older people
- Authors:
- TANNER Harris, HARRIS John
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 270p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Working with older people has become an increasingly important part of social work education and practice. Whether studying community care, adult services, human growth and development, or social work processes and interventions, this book will be a source of information and help. "Working with Older People" provides a framework of knowledge, skills and values pertinent to qualifying social work courses and the new post-qualifying award in Social Work with Adults, including discussion of: ideas about human development and theories of older age legislation, social policy and social welfare skills for working with older people assessment and care planning partnership working.
State social work and social citizenship in Britain: from clientism to consumerism
- Author:
- HARRIS John
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 29(6), December 1999, pp.915-937.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article provides a history of the philosophies and social policies that have evolved into modern social work practice.
The social work business
- Author:
- HARRIS John
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 220p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book argues that social work has become a quasi business. The traditional distinction between social work as a non commercial activity in the public and voluntary sectors and capitalist enterprises driven by the profit motive has largely disappeared from current policy discourse. This book addresses the introduction and consolidation of business thinking and ways of operating in social work and considers the consequences for service users, carers, voluntary organisations and social workers.