ABSTRACT

The involvement of social workers in policy-making processes is grounded in a professional requirement for promoting social justice, however, it is inherently a political activity related to the socio-political context in which it occurs. What does this political involvement mean when it comes to minority social workers in multicultural societies, who are expected to act as policy actors in policy arenas designed by the majority group in society? This article is based on the assumption that minority social workers, whose number is on the rise in various European countries, need opportunities and motivations in a socio-political context in order to act as policy actors in cross-cultural political situations. Using insights from the literature on the political participation of ethnic minorities and knowledge in the field of public policy, we present a theoretical Minority Policy Practice model (MPP) to examine different factors that may affect the involvement of minority social workers in policy practice. These new theoretical understandings are expected to serve as a basis for advancing training programmes and designing policy procedures to increase the involvement of minority social workers as policy actors in multicultural countries.

摘要

社会工作者参与决策过程是基于促进社会正义的专业要求，然而，它本质上是一种与其发生的社会政治背景相关的政治活动。当涉及到多元文化社会中的少数族裔社会工作者时，这种政治参与意味着什么，他们被期望在社会多数群体设计的政策舞台上充当政策参与者？本文基于这样的假设，即在欧洲各个国家的人数都在增加的少数族裔社会工作者需要在社会政治背景下获得机会和动机，以便在跨文化政治局势中充当政策参与者。利用关于少数民族政治参与的文献中的见解和公共政策领域的知识，我们提出了一个理论上的少数族裔政策实践模型（MPP）来检查可能影响少数族裔社会工作者参与政策实践的不同因素。这些新的理论理解有望作为推进培训计划和设计政策程序的基础，以增加少数族裔社会工作者作为政策参与者在多元文化国家的参与。