Critical and Radical Social Work
ISSN 2049-8608 (Print); ISSN 2049-8675 (Online)
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An International Journal
Critical and Radical Social Work is an exciting new journal that will promote debate and scholarship around a range of engaged social work themes. The journal publishes papers which seek to analyse and respond to issues, such as the impact of global neo-liberalism on social welfare; austerity and social work; social work and social movements; social work, inequality and oppression, and understanding and responding to global social problems (such as war, disasters and climate change).
It welcomes contributions that consider and question themes relating to the definition of social work and social work professionalism, that look at ways in which organic and 'indigenous' practice can expand concepts of the social work project and that consider alternative and radical histories of social work activity. As a truly international journal it actively encourages contributions from academics, scholars and practitioners from across the global village.
Publisher: Policy Press
- Volume 8
- Number 3, November 2020 Special Issue: Fanon: his relevance to contemporary social work. Guest Editors: Philomena Harrison and Beverley Burke
- Number 2, August 2020
- Number 1, March 2020
- Volume 7
- Number 3, November 2019 Revolutionary social work: Promoting sustainable justice Guest Edited by Masoud Kamali & Jessica H. Jönsson
- Number 2, August 2019
- Number 1, March 2019
- Volume 6
- Number 3, November 2018
- Number 2, August 2018 Marx at 200
- Number 1, March 2018 The meaning of 1968: 50 years of the social movements
- Volume 5
- Number 3, November 2017
- Number 2, August 2017
- Number 1, March 2017
- Volume 4
- Number 3, November 2016 Psycho Politics in the Twenty-First Century Guest Editors: Rich Moth, Helen Spandler, Mick McKeown and Joe Greener
- Number 2, August 2016
- Number 1, March 2016
- Volume 3
- Number 3, November 2015
- Number 2, August 2015 Themed issue • 'Race', racism and anti-racist social work
- Number 1, March 2015
- Volume 2
- Number 3, November 2014
- Number 2, August 2014
- Number 1, March 2014
- Volume 1
- Number 2, November 2013
- Number 1, April 2013