A Crisis in Swedish Child Welfare? On Risk, Control and Trust by Tommy Lundström, Marie Sallnäs, David PÃ¥lsson, Emelie Shanks

“…We conclude the article by relating Swedish out-of-home care to international child welfare trends, discussing the institutional responses and the implications for social work practice. …”
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Social Welfare & Inequality: The U.S. by Michael Reisch

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Between Equity and Empathy: Social Professions and the New Accountability by Sarah Banks

“…This article explores the practical and ethical implications of the "˜new accountability' (working to procedures, targets and standards) based on interviews with British social professionals. …”
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Forcible separation and assimilation as trauma: The historical and socio-political experiences of Australian Aboriginal people by Karen Menzies

“…This analysis has important implications for practitioners working with Indigenous communities in the education, health, legal and welfare sectors. …”
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Innovative Interventions with Alcohol Problems in Rural Areas: An Indian Experience and its Relevance to Rural America by Kala Chakradhar

“…Against the background of comparing two international rural contexts and recognizing shared identities, a case is made for transfer of knowledge east to west.  The success elements of a unique approach to intervention with problems associated with excessive drinking in rural areas of South India, based on the experiences of Community-Based Rehabilitation camps is described.  Spanning two decades of systematic implementation, the camps utilize existing community resources for planning, execution, and follow-up of treatment while simultaneously creating greater awareness about alcohol abuse through community education.  After a critical examination of prevailing treatment options for problem drinking in rural America, inter-country analysis reveals contextual similarities between rural America and rural South India based on community-orientation, cost-containment, and social capital formation with implications for rural social work intervention with alcohol problems in the United States.…”
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Alternative Care for Children in Botswana: a Reality or Idealism? by Tumani Malinga, Poloko N. Ntshwarang

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Comments on Kevin Stenson's 'governing the Local: Sovereignty, Social Governance and Community Safety' by Wendy Larner

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Social Welfare & Inequality: The U.S. by Michael Reisch

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On the frontline of the welfare service state: any possibilities for a practice of citizenship? by Urban Nothdurfter

“…The article starts from the broad shift towards active service-oriented welfare states highlighting its underlying ideas and main characteristics in order to discuss critical implications of this mode of welfare state intervention to the notion of social citizenship. …”
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Negotiating Active Citizenship in Street-Level Practices: An Institutional Logics Perspective by Stephan Dahmen

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Resource mobilization service at the General Hospital of Tien Giang Center, Vietnam: The demands of in-patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease by Vu Thu Trang, Nguyen Hanh Dung, Tran Ngoc Yen, Nguyen Thi Phuong, Pham Tien Nam

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Access for All? The promise and problems of universalism. by John Clarke

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A Different Take: Reflections on an intergenerational participatory research project on child poverty by Chester Howarth, Camilla McCartney, Maria Mansfield, Gill Main

“…These reflections may be useful for practitioners and policymakers working with disadvantaged children, young people and families, and may provide ideas for how intergenerational PAR can serve to holistically embed the knowledge of those impacted by poverty in research, practice and policy. …”
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The Capability Approach and Sociological Conceptions of Human Agency: An Empirical Assessment on the Basis of an Analysis of Activation Policies by Stephan Dahmen

“…The article argues that conceptions of human agency have important political implications when it comes to debates about individual responsibility. …”
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Net worth of adults approaching retirement age: Personal health, presence of a chronically ill or disabled household member, and out of home caregiving by Patricia Patty Stoddard Dare, Linda M. Quinn, Shirley L. Porterfield, LeaAnne DeRigne, Miyuki Tedor, Cyleste Collins

“…Our findings suggest an adult is at a greater disadvantage with respect to financial preparedness for retirement if they have both a work-limiting health condition and have a CIOD in their household than if they have only one of these characteristics or have neither characteristic. …”
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Differences in Internet Usage - Social Inequality and Informal Education by Stefan Iske

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Governing the Local: Sovereignty, Social Governance and Community Safety by Kevin Stenson

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Raid, rescue, and rehabilitation: An exploratory study of effective anti-trafficking interventions for the survivors of sex trafficking of brothel-based prostitution by Sonal Pandey

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Geographical Fast-food Restaurant Density, Workplace Eating Behaviors, and Obesity Among Firefighters by Javier Garcia Rivas, Margaret Whitley, BongKyoo Choi

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Servizi Sociali Territoriali e Università: Esempi di Sinergie Possibili per un Percorso di Qualità by Laura Bini

“…Although - or because - social work education in Italy has for some 15 years now been exclusively in the domain of the university the relationship between the academic world and that of practice has been highly tenuous. …”
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