Where academia and policy meet

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4473-2019-7
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 622 g

Based on data from 12 diverse societies, this is the first cross-national comparative study on academic engagement in social policy formulation.

The chapters present survey data on the policy involvement of social work academics in different countries and an analysis of this data by country experts. The findings relate to the levels and types of policy engagement of the social work academics, their perceptions regarding this type of activity and the factors associated with this.

This unique perspective on the academia-society nexus is essential reading for academics and students interested in the ongoing debate on the role of academia in policy, particularly those policies dealing with issues of social justice and social change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gal, John

Weiss-Gal, Idit

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hoefer, Richard

Maleku, Arati

Tan, Jo-Pei

McLaughlin, Hugh

Tham, Pia

Thorén, Katarina H

Mateo-Perez, Miguel-Angel

Asunción Martínez-Román, María

Lombard, Antoinette

Negron-Velazquez, Gisela

Branco, Francisco

Köngeter, Stefan

Herz, Andreas

Kroll, Christian

Blomberg, Helena

Lei, Jie

Wu, Lei

Li, Xiao

Jin, Minchao

Baidawi, Susan

Mendes, Philip

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Where academia and policy meet: an introduction ~ Jon Gal and Idit Weiss-Gal

Social work academia and policy in Australia ~ Philip Mendes and Susan Baidawi

Social work academia and policy in China ~ Minchao Jin, Xiao Li, Lei Wu and Jie Lei

Social work academia and policy in Finland ~ Helena Blomberg and Christian Kroll

Social work academia and policy in Germany ~ Andreas Herz and Stefan Köngeter

Social work academics and policy in Israel ~ Idit Weiss-Gal and John Gal

Social work academia and policy in Portugal ~ Francisco Branco

Social work academia and policy in Puerto Rico ~ Gisela Negrón-Velázquez

Social work academia and policy in South Africa ~ Antoinette Lombard

Social work academics and policy in Spain ~ María Asunción Martínez-Román and Miguel Ángel Mateo-Pérez

Social work academia and policy in Sweden ~ Katarina H. Thorén and Pia Tham

Social work academia and policy in the United Kingdom ~ Hugh McLaughlin and Jo-Pei Tan

Social work academia and policy in the United States ~ Arati Maleku and Richard Hoefer

Where academia and policy meet: a cross-national perspective ~ Jon Gal and Idit Weiss-Gal

Über Autor(innen)

Gal, John
John Gal is professor and dean at the Paul Baewald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published extensively on social policy in a comparative perspective and on policy practice among social workers.

Weiss-Gal, Idit
Idit Weiss-Gal is an associate professor and Head of the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel Aviv University. She has published extensively on the professional ideologies of social workers, on social work as a profession and on policy practice among social workers.

Mendes, Philip
Philip Mendes is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at Monash University, Australia.

John Gal is a professor at the Paul Baewald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and senior researcher at the Taub Centre for Social Policy Studies. He has published extensively on social policy in a comparative perspective and in Israel and on policy practice among social workers.

Idit Weiss-Gal is an associate professor and Head of the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel Aviv University. She has published extensively on the professional ideologies of social workers, on social work as a profession and on policy practice among social workers.