Be ready for the clash of powers : theorising power for teaching policy practice in social work

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2022.2161485" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2022.2161485</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2022.2161485" target="_blank" >10.1080/13691457.2022.2161485</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Be ready for the clash of powers : theorising power for teaching policy practice in social work

Original language description

Discussions of and trainings on policy practice in social work often focus on the normative and technical aspects of this type of social work intervention. Discussions do not delve sufficiently into concepts and aspects of politics, such as power, which are staple in the political science discourse. This theoretical article proposes situational, relational, and more individualistic conceptions of power relations that may be utilised in teaching policy practice in social work. The proposed understanding of power relations offers a method of training social work students to become well-prepared policy actors, and focuses on six areas of teaching policy practice: conscious analysis of the context of interaction with other actors; reflection on power differentials; the purposeful development of one’s power differentials; thoughtful work with symbols of power; the selection of appropriate strategies for managing power clash and gaining power; and the new ethical issues connected with the above areas. Social work scholars and educators can utilise the offered conceptual frame for teaching future social work practitioners how to promote changes in particular social work institutional settings.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50602 - Public administration

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Journal of Social Work

ISSN

1369-1457

e-ISSN

1468-2664

Volume of the periodical

26

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

773-785

UT code for WoS article

000903772800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85144888606