Values-based politics and new structural social work: Theory for a post-neoliberal age?
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Matthewson, Peter
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2021-12-16
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Aotearoa
New Zealand
social work
New Zealand government
structural change
systemic change
value-based politics
politics
New Zealand Project. Max Harris (2017)
Harris, Max (Political scientist)
New Zealand
social work
New Zealand government
structural change
systemic change
value-based politics
politics
New Zealand Project. Max Harris (2017)
Harris, Max (Political scientist)
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Matthewson, P J. (2021). Values-based politics and new structural social work: Theory for a post-neoliberal age?. Whanake: the Pacific Journal of Community Development, 7(1), 61-76. Unitec ePress. ISSN 2423-009X. http://www.unitec.ac.nz/epress
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The mission of social work includes implementing positive changes in the structures of society to enhance social justice, not simply assisting individuals and families to achieve personal growth and better adaptation to our existing society. This theoretical article explores a basis for social workers in Aotearoa to implement this mission in the current political context of our country. It aligns with the values-based politics promoted by author Max Harris in his recent book The New Zealand Project (2017), and draws on structural social work as a specific social work theory that can inform this mission. The election of a more progressive government may provide the social work profession with an alliance that can implement positive social change.
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