On June 19-20, 2010, the Reclaiming Progressive Social Work: Social Welfare Conference 2010 took place in Hong Kong. The articles here were part of the contribution to the debate.
Since the return of sovereignty in 1997, the Hong Kong SAR government has begun prioritizing “stabilization overrides all other thing”, “neo-liberalism” and “managerial ideology” over the autonomy of social work and the core values of social justice. Social workers have been under attack for upholding these core values, and in extreme cases have been sacked. These articles here give us a glimpse of the threatening changes taking place, and the grassroots responses to this challenge.
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Reclaiming Progressive Social Work: Social Welfare Conference 2010 (HK)
http://rpswconf2010.wordpress.com/
This feature includes:
- The Hong Kong social service is in "River Crab"---Anti "False Harmony" Alliance
- Social Welfare planning is in the name of flexibility, but manipulation is the fact---Anti "False Harmony" Alliance
- No to the commercialization of social welfare: Position Paper of the Front Line Welfare Workers' Union
- Give young social workers permanent jobs---Liang Jingshan, Tan Liangying
- Social Work after "Baby P"---Iain Fergurson, Michael Lavalette
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