Maglajlic, Reima Ana (2022) Internationale und transnationale Soziale Arbeit und politische Konflikte [International and transnational social work and political conflict]. In: Diwersy, Bettina and Köngeter, Stefan (eds.) Internationale und Transnationale Soziale Arbeit [International and Transnational Social Work]. Einführung in die Soziale Arbeit . Schneider Verlag Hohengehren GmbH, Germany, pp. 233-255. ISBN 9783834021953

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Abstract

Political conflicts are a difficult and visceral topic to engage with. Having experienced it in my native country, each time I return to work on it – something I have done regularly for almost thirty years – I struggle and stumble to find words to do it justice, and/or not to feel as if I have ‘written the conflict, the war, out of myself.’ The feeling, unfortunately, has to pass very quickly; conflicts continue to multiply and affect all our societies in different ways. Our connectedness to political conflicts near and far is inescapable. Kamali (2016: ix) claims that ‘the modern organisation of the world and established models of international relations have, in many cases, legitimisted the use of war and violence in the reproduction of the current world order.’

This chapter focuses on the relationship between social work and political conflict. These two topics have had limited, but growing attention in social work literature (see, for example, Duffy et al. 2019a; Lavalette and Ioakimidis, 2011; Ramon, 2008; Ramon and Zaviršek, 2012; Spalek and McDonald, 2012). Most of this literature focuses on particular conflict contexts. To date, there have been limited attempts at cross-country comparison, with varying degrees of analytical and methodological rigour (Ramon et al., 2006; Maglajlić and Bašić, 2019).

Item Type:	Book Section
Schools and Departments:	School of Education and Social Work > Social Work and Social Care
SWORD Depositor:	Mx Elements Account
Depositing User:	Mx Elements Account
Date Deposited:	11 May 2022 07:19
Last Modified:	21 Jul 2022 14:33
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/105808

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