The contributions of welfare typologies to international social work practices

Wai Kam YU*

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    Abstract

    This paper is concerned with the link between studies of welfare typologies and studies of international social work. Its objective is to show how welfare typologies could be used to strengthen the role of international social work practices to support international exchange of ideas on welfare issues. To meet this objective, three analytical tasks are implemented. The first task is to show that professional imperialism could weaken the potential of international social work practices to promote international exchange of ideas on welfare issues. The second task is to discuss the importance of welfare typologies in supporting the development of international social work by challenging professional imperialism. The third task is to discuss a research project on a defamilization typology. This project provides empirical evidence of the contributions made by welfare typologies to international social work practices.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)66-74
    Number of pages9
    JournalAsian Social Work and Policy Review
    Volume12
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jun 2018

    Scopus Subject Areas

    • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
    • Sociology and Political Science

    User-Defined Keywords

    • defamilization typology
    • international social work
    • welfare typology

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