No detailed analyses have been undertaken comparing and contrasting how social work is responding to the problems generated by the imposition of so-called ‘austerity’ measures in Europe. Comprised of three sections, the discussion is focused on Ireland and Italy. This comparative exploration locates social work within encompassing frameworks related to the changing population, political economy and welfare regime in each of these jurisdictions. Aspects of contemporary social work within Ireland and Italy are charted and the possibilities for confronting neoliberal ‘austerity’ are analysed. The article seeks to prompt and encourage comparative reflection within Europe in relation to how the social work imagination can be imbued with a new radicalism in the first quarter of the twenty-first century
Non ci sono studi dettagliati dedicati a analizzare e discutere come il servizio sociale stia rispondendo ai problemi provocati dall’imposizione delle misure della cosiddetta ‘austerità’ in Europa. Composto di tre parti l’articolo si focalizza su Irlanda e Italia. Questa esplorazione comparativa colloca il servizio sociale all’interno di alcune cornici generali legate ai cambiamenti socio demografici, alla politica economica e ai regimi di welfare in vigore in questi paesi. Vengono delineate le principali caratteristiche del servizio sociale contemporaneo in Irlanda e in Italia e si analizzano le possibilità di far fronte e contrastare all’austerità neoliberista. L’articolo cerca di promuovere e incoraggiare una riflessione comparativa europea in merito a come l’immagine del servizio sociale del primo quarto del ventunesimo secolo possa essere permeata di un nuovo radicalismo
Garrett, P., Bertotti, T. (2017). Social work and the politics of ‘austerity’: Ireland and Italy - Il servizio sociale e le politiche dell’ “austerità”: Irlanda e Italia. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK, 20(1), 29-41 [10.1080/13691457.2016.1185698].
Social work and the politics of ‘austerity’: Ireland and Italy - Il servizio sociale e le politiche dell’ “austerità”: Irlanda e Italia
BERTOTTI, TERESA FRANCESCASecondo
2017
Abstract
No detailed analyses have been undertaken comparing and contrasting how social work is responding to the problems generated by the imposition of so-called ‘austerity’ measures in Europe. Comprised of three sections, the discussion is focused on Ireland and Italy. This comparative exploration locates social work within encompassing frameworks related to the changing population, political economy and welfare regime in each of these jurisdictions. Aspects of contemporary social work within Ireland and Italy are charted and the possibilities for confronting neoliberal ‘austerity’ are analysed. The article seeks to prompt and encourage comparative reflection within Europe in relation to how the social work imagination can be imbued with a new radicalism in the first quarter of the twenty-first centuryI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.