CRITIQUE

Article Critique

Article Critique

Summary

In the current context, progressive social work agencies are being pressured to operate in ways that pose challenges to their social justice oriented values. The forced abandonment of politically conscious, preventative practice in favour of tightly regulated residual assistance has become a major challenge. Support has dwindled for community-oriented practices and demands have increased for individualized work with clients (Abramowitz, 2005).

Ethno-specific services, smaller grassroots alternative organizations, and services for people with multiple needs have been sacrificed. Many call for renewed activism as a way of resisting, but how this can best be accomplished is left largely unexplored. Our ...