The United States’ present neoliberal era shares with earlier tumultuous periods significant repressive tendencies in the political and economic domains. In the past, leading social workers confronted such crises in public forums and venues. This discourse analysis examines how they constructed compelling democratic narratives that influenced the enactment of beneficial social policy within three periods of democratic crisis. These social work leaders were members of presidential administrations, leaders of social work professional associations, directors of civil society organizations, and prominent writers for the profession or the public. They communicated through public and professional speeches, peer-reviewed articles, pamphlets, radio addresses, and congressional testimony. Discourse analysis reveals democratic themes such as autonomy, human dignity, equality, recognition, fostering of human capacity, social responsibility, and the necessity of moral contemplation. The historical lesson is that all social workers today should advance democratic discourse in their areas of influence to stem neoliberalism and promote democracy.

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共同事业的话语：社会工作的历史民主话语

美国当前的新自由主义时代在政治和经济领域具有早期动荡时期的显着镇压倾向。过去，领先的社工在公共论坛和场所面临此类危机。这种话语分析考察了他们如何构建引人注目的民主叙事，这些叙事影响了民主危机的三个时期内有益的社会政策的制定。这些社会工作领导人是总统行政部门的成员、社会工作专业协会的领导人、民间社会组织的负责人以及该专业或公众的杰出作家。他们通过公开和专业演讲、同行评议的文章、小册子、广播演讲和国会证词进行交流。话语分析揭示了民主主题，例如自治、人的尊严、平等、承认、培养人的能力、社会责任和道德沉思的必要性。历史教训是，当今所有社会工作者都应在其影响范围内推进民主话语，以遏制新自由主义并促进民主。