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Rustad för morgondagen? Kritiska och radikala perspektiv i den svenska socionomutbildningens styrdokument
Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden.
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0810-2848
2020 (Swedish)In: Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift, ISSN 1104-1420, E-ISSN 2003-5624, Vol. 27, no 3-4, p. 269-290Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

During the last couple of decades, the state of the Swedish welfare society has deteriorated. Political decisions concerning the labour market, housing and education have significantly increased precarious conditions for many people. Income inequality and economic difficulties have increased. Changes in the welfare system make it harder to receive adequate support, while the repressive elements have also increased. We argue that critical and radical perspectives in social work can help reverse this negative development. What students learn in their social work education will affect their ways of understanding social problems, their practice, and their ability to work for change. We therefore regard social work education as an important arena for social change. But what is the state of such perspectives at our Swedish universities? This article examines the presence of critical and radical perspectives in the Swedish social work curriculum and attempts to answer the question ”How well equipped are future social workers to work in a critical and radical way?” The study shows that a critical perspective is common in the social work curriculum of some universities, but that critical and radical perspectives in general are absent. We argue that this probably makes future social workers ill equipped to handle contemporary social challenges.

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Lund: Förbundet för forskning i socialt arbete (FORSA) , 2020. Vol. 27, no 3-4, p. 269-290
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-89484OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-89484DiVA, id: diva2:1527220
Available from: 2021-02-10 Created: 2021-02-10 Last updated: 2022-05-10Bibliographically approved

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