Stifled Progress - International Perspectives on Social Work and Social Policy in the Era of Right-Wing Populism

Christiane Leidinger

ISBN 10: 3847422529 / ISBN 13: 9783847422525

Published by Verlag Barbara Budrich, DE, 2019

About this Item

Social work as a democratically constituted profession committed to human rights is currently facing cross-border encroachments and attacks by right-wing populist movements and governments. With the Bundestag elections in September 2017, the question of the extent to which right-wing populist forces succeed in influencing the discourse with xenophobic and nationalist arguments arises in Germany, too. The authors examine how social work can respond effectively to nationalism, exclusion, de-solidarization and a basic skepticism about science and position itself against this background. The book explores different conditions in Germany, France, Poland, Russia and the US.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stifled Progress - International Perspectives on Social Work and Social Policy in the Era of Right-Wing Populism
• Publisher: Verlag Barbara Budrich, DE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3847422529
• ISBN 13: 9783847422525
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 334 grams

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Synopsis

Social work as a democratically constituted profession committed to human rights is currently facing cross-border encroachments and attacks by right-wing populist movements and governments. With the Bundestag elections in September 2017, the question of the extent to which right-wing populist forces succeed in influencing the discourse with xenophobic and nationalist arguments arises in Germany, too. The authors examine how social work can respond effectively to nationalism, exclusion, de-solidarization and a basic skepticism about science and position itself against this background. The book explores different conditions in Germany, France, Poland, Russia and the US.

About the Author

Jörg Fischer is a professor at Fachhochschule Erfurt, Germany. Kerry Dunn is a professor at California State University-Fresno, USA.