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Based on case studies and observations from Sweden, the book examines challenges and developments relevant to social work internationally.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As in many other countries, public social work in Sweden currently finds itself in a state where relational, human, structural, preventive, and locally rooted practices are neither given time nor space. Under such conditions, public social work struggles to contribute to social change and more just living conditions. This book&#8217;s authors\u2014 researchers and practitioners\u2014advocate a visionary form of social work grounded in values of social justice and human rights, rather than in organizational models shaped by efficiency, economization, and nationalism. Although many of the case examples are drawn from the Swedish context, the analyses and conceptual discussions speak to challenges and developments in social work internationally.The vital role of critical social work is treated in a context where people are too often reduced to budget lines, statistics, or labels such as \u201cimmigrants\u201d. Thus, the book calls for another kind of social work beyond what currently exists\u2014one that is not only possible, but urgently necessary. Such a practice aspires to social mobilization and to the creation of a more enduring and profound social justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The editors:<\/strong><br \/><strong>Magnus Dahlstedt<\/strong>, Professor of Social Work, Department of Culture and Society (IKOS), Link\u00f6ping University, Norrk\u00f6ping, Sweden<br \/>\n<strong>Sabine Gruber<\/strong>, Professor of Social Work, Department of Psychology and Social Work (PSO), Mid Sweden University, Sweden<br \/>\n<strong>Marcus Herz<\/strong>, Professor of Social Work, Department of Social Work, Gothenburg University, Sweden<br \/>\n<strong>Philip Lalander<\/strong>, Professor of Social Work, Department of Social Work, Linnaeus University, Kalmar and V\u00e4xj\u00f6, Sweden<\/p>\n<p><strong>The subject:<\/strong><br \/>Social Work<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People\u2019s encounters with social work are often marked by the experience of being turned into an object. 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