Refocusing social work education on community work in Hong Kong: an urgent call
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: A dominant discourse in social work literature and textbooks is that community workers should take a proactive stance to pressure government officials to reform policy. Without any mission to downplay the political role of social work in the first place, the author of this paper argues that activist discourses from the 1970s are too old to inform contemporary struggles. In light of the neo-liberal, neo-managerial, post-colonial, and pan-political realities, antagonistic relationships between stakeholders in the community, politicians, opinion leaders, and the establishment have ushered in new-look community work in Hong Kong. Social work education on community development should undergo a transformation to help social work students reposition themselves in these chaotic times.
Source: Community Development Journal
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsae052
Author: Johnson Chun-Sing Cheung
Institution: University of Hong Kong
Language: English
Subfield: Public Administration
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4402733245