Social Workers in Political Office

A Comparative Perspective on Recruitment, Career Patterns and Social Advocacy
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7348-3
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

The first book to provide systematic and comparative empirical insights into a major way that social workers engage with policy – by holding elected office – this book analyses how and why social workers engage in electoral politics in liberal democracies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kindler, Tobias

Leitner, Sigrid

Löffler, Eva Maria

Stolz, Klaus

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Social workers in political office: Conceptual framework and research agenda - Klaus Stolz and Sigrid Leitner

2. Austria: Social workers with political responsibility at the national level - Iris Kohlfürst

3. Canada: Social Workers in the House of Commons - Anne-Marie McLaughlin

4. Czechia: Social workers as members of the Czech parliament - Agnieszka Zogata-Kusz and Tatiana Matulayová

5. Finland: Taking political office to a new level? - Christian Kroll, Sanni Salonen and Helena Blomberg

6. Germany: Between civic engagement and social advocacy - Eva Maria Löffler

7. Israel: A limited presence on the national level - John Gal, Idit Weiss-Gal, Noa Binder-Eilat

8. Italy: Social workers in political office as a municipal phenomenon - Martina Francesconi and Riccardo Guidi

9. Portugal: Delayed political engagement and short terms of office - Francisco Branco

10. Switzerland: Strong and experienced representation of social workers in the cantonal and federal parliaments - Tobias Kindler

11. United Kingdom: Social Workers in Westminster – Party or Profession? - Christin Reuter and Joanne Warner

12. United States of America: Opportunities and barriers for social work members of Congress - Shannon Lane and Allysha Bryant

13. Comparative considerations on social workers in political office - Klaus Stolz, Sigrid Leitner and Tobias Kindler

Über Autor(innen)

Leitner, Sigrid
Sigrid Leitner is Professor for Social Policy at the University of Applied Sciences Cologne. Her main research interests are comparative social policy analysis, gender effects of social policy, and social work as a political actor.

Tobias Kindler is a research associate at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences and a doctoral student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Sigrid Leitner is Professor for Social Policy at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences.

Eva Maria Löffler is a postdoctoral researcher at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences.

Klaus Stolz is Professor of British and American Social and Cultural Studies at Chemnitz University of Technology.