Abstract
I trace an account of social work—and sociology—that I believe holds a promise for re-forming the relationship between the two. I develop the argument in two ways. First, taking 1920s Chicago as a case study, I will attempt ‘a history of the present’ to suggest how the relationship between sociology and social work came to be as it is. I will suggest that the practice of some (both familiar and forgotten) people in 1920s and 1930s sociology and social work is best explained as a form of ‘sociological social work’. Second, after tracking this genealogy, I suggest an agenda for sociological social work that consists of straining to enact certain kinds of inter-disciplinary relationships, developing methodological social work practice, hearing occasional sociological frontier conversations and shared theorising. I illustrate how these arguments challenge both sociology and social work and both theory and practice.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | European Journal of Social Work |
Vol/bind | 17 |
Udgave nummer | 5 |
Sider (fra-til) | 754-770 |
Antal sider | 17 |
ISSN | 1369-1457 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2014 |
Emneord
- case work
- Chicago school
- sociological social work