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Title: Solidarity
Subtitle: A Key Concept for Social Work
Abstract:

This paper advocates an understanding of solidarity that is emancipatory, planetary, self-reflective and aimed at social justice. As global problems such as climate change, war and poverty worsen, it argues that solidarity should be a key concept of social work in the 21st century. It is then social work’s task, as a discipline, profession and field of education, to promote solidary alliances with those conventionally considered to be research subjects, addressees or learners and with the planet itself. These alliances can be brought together under the heading of convivialism, envisioning and enabling a progression from criticising exclusion to achieving the real utopia of an international community based on solidarity. Convivialist ideas see themselves as an alternative to neoliberalism, and aim to transform social conditions, increasing inclusion and sustainability.

Keywords: Solidarity, Social Work, Green Social Work, Sustainability, Social Inequalities, Transnational Studies, Poverty, COVID-19, Refugee Migration, Convivalism
Publication type: Article in journal (Authorship)
Publication date: 20.04.2022 (Online)
Published by: Österreichisches Jahrbuch für Soziale Arbeit
Österreichisches Jahrbuch für Soziale Arbeit
to publication
 ( Beltz Juventa; S. Sting, B. Bütow, E. Raithelhuber, U. Loch, M. Brandstetter, H. Reicher )
Title of the series: Schwerpunktausgabe „Politische Implikationen der Sozialen Arbeit – zwischen neoliberalen Indienstnahmen und gesellschaftskritischen Transformationen“
Volume number: 4
Issue: 1
First publication: Yes
Version: -
Page: pp. 45 - 63

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Organisation Address
Fakultät für Kultur- und Bildungswissenschaften
 
Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft und Bildungsforschung
 
Arbeitsbereich für Transnationale Migrations- und Solidaritätsforschung
Universitätsstr. 65-67
A-9020 Klagenfurt
Austria
   kerstin.piskernig@aau.at
To organisation
Universitätsstr. 65-67
AT - A-9020  Klagenfurt

Categorisation

Subject areas
  • 105205 - Climate change
  • 503027 - Social pedagogy
  • 504021 - Migration research
  • 504031 - Diversity research
Research Cluster
  • Educational research
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Peer reviewed
  • Yes
Publication focus
  • Science to Science (Quality indicator: I)
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  • Arbeitsbereich für transnationale Migrations- und Solidaritätsforschung

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