Raising the ‘environmental question’ in social work in Canada and Scotland

Tina E. Wilson, Heather Lynch, Verena K. Fisch

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Abstract

This article contributes a comparative review of social work in Canada and Scotland to international conversations about social work and the environment. The ‘environmental question’ of the 21st century is a radical challenge to social work developed in relation to the ‘social question’ of the 19th century. Work to begin to include the natural environment within high-income state social work can expect to encounter established infrastructures of thinking and doing that will be difficult to shift. We, therefore, compare guiding social work policy documents and identify points of tension that are likely to be shared across wealthy national contexts.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1816-1830
Number of pages15
JournalInternational Social Work
Volume66
Issue number6
Early online date18 May 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2023

Keywords

  • comparative studies
  • environment
  • professional education
  • social change
  • social ecology
  • social work

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Sociology and Political Science

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