Abstract

Viewing social work as a discipline gives primary attention to theories and perspectives, whereas viewing it as a profession places emphasis on practice and skills. It is assumed that theoretical frames enable a shift from particularities to the glocal view, thus ensuring pluralism. While it is hinted that practice embedded in ‘methods of social work’ is limited and a prisoner of historical practice realms, what one misses in these myopic distinctions is that, in social work the ‘centrality’ of person/client is non-negotiable. These newer conceptualisations embrace ‘in situations’ and radical perspectives across all methods of social work. Methods of social work provide the base to traverse the micro–macro linkages and ensure policy focus on individuals, structure, systems, cultural norms and its consequent impact. Praxis of the methods is imperative to make policies relevant. This article presents the robustness of methods in firming policies, for addressing situations of exclusion and powerlessness, with the values of inclusion and empowerment. Drawing on the Bordieu’s fields of power, capital and habitus, the article elucidates the application of methods of social work in a neo-liberal world to challenge structures that perpetuate inequity and translates the operationalisation of individual agency.

中文翻译：

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政策中的社会工作实践：印度的思考

摘要

将社会工作视为一门学科主要关注理论和观点，而将其视为专业则强调实践和技能。假定理论框架能够实现从特殊性向全局性观点的转变，从而确保多元化。虽然暗示“社会工作方法”中所包含的实践是有限的，并且是历史实践领域的囚徒，但人们在这些近视区别中所错过的是，在社会工作中，个人/客户的“中心性”是不可协商的。这些较新的概念涵盖了社会工作所有方法中的“处境”和激进观点。社会工作方法为穿越微观与宏观的联系提供了基础，并确保政策关注个人，结构，制度，文化规范及其带来的影响。必须实践这些方法以使政策具有相关性。本文介绍了用于解决排斥和无权情况的坚定政策方法的鲁棒性，以及包容和赋权的价值。文章借鉴了鲍迪厄的权力，资本和习惯领域，阐明了社会工作方法在新自由主义世界中的应用，以挑战使不平等永久化并转化为个体代理机构运作的结构。