Policy engagement by social workers that seeks to impact public policies that advance
social justice and human rights has, and continues to be, a core component of the social …

Rather than being seen simply as social policy implementors, in recent decades there has
been increasing recognition of social workers as professionals with unique knowledge and …

The aim of this qualitative study is to explore factors that influence social workers' decision to
participate in parliamentary politics, and to identify important policy-making skills and …

The social work profession has a long tradition of engaging with policy to promote social
justice, to improve the well-being of service users and the working conditions of social …

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the financial well-being of people and the world's
economy. Crowdfunding is a prominent contributor to this pandemic's adverse effects …

Addressing older people's social exclusion is a major challenge for contemporary societies.
However, policies designed to address it have tended to focus on poverty and …

Using an adapted civic voluntarism model (CVM), the paper analyses and compares the
donation intentions in US and India, the two largest countries with a democratic political …

This quantitative study focuses on the political engagement of social work students by
comparing the extent of voluntary political participation and the factors that influence this …

While ethical documents all around the globe call upon social workers to actively participate
in policymaking processes, there is little evidence of their actual engagement in this type of …

Drawing on political opportunity theory, this study examined how the political context created
by the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests influenced social workers' …