COVID-19 response – lessons learned: challenging the neoliberal TINA discourse through social work education.

Social work academic literature has consistently documented the detrimental effects of the neoliberal phase of capitalism on society and has issued calls against it. This paper supports and furthers these claims. It is informed by a critical pedagogy and Gramscian lens and argues that the COVID-19 p...

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Publicado en:Social Work Education Vol. 42; no. 7; pp. 1002 - 1019
Autor principal: Pentaraki, Maria
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2023
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          Other provincial protective services
          Emergency and Other Relief Services
          Other federal protective services
          Other municipal protective services
          Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities
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        calls for social transformation
        contesting neoliberalism
        contesting TINA (there is no alternative)
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        critical social work
        global agenda of social work and social development
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        Social work education in a COVID-19 context
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      ab: Social work academic literature has consistently documented the detrimental effects of the neoliberal phase of capitalism on society and has issued calls against it. This paper supports and furthers these claims. It is informed by a critical pedagogy and Gramscian lens and argues that the COVID-19 public health emergency context provides some lessons which can be used to discredit the 'There is No Alternative' (TINA) neoliberal discourse. More specifically, it argues that the pandemic offers an updated critique of the TINA discourse, as it revealed that there is an alternative to public spending cuts, that market-based solutions are irrelevant for the well-being of society, and that the social value of life-sustaining activities such as caring, is important for the social reproduction of society. This paper is a call for action to all social work educators who espouse the progressive values of our profession, to utilize these lessons learned and challenge neoliberalism. Relevant examples towards this aim are offered.
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