Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Sociales (Jan 2017)

Neoliberalism influence in the Chilean Social Work: Professional and users’ points of view

  • Luis Alberto Vivero Arriagada

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21501/22161201.1940
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 126 – 149

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Objective: To analyze and interpret the influence of neoliberalism in Chilean Social Work. Method: The points of view of users and benefactors of social programs are interpreted from a critical-hermeneutic perspective. All this articulated with the revision of historical data of Social Work. Results: It is seen that the profession is still influenced by conservative perspectives, expressed in a pragmatic/functional intervention having a weak theoretical framework. Conclusions: The need of strengthening the conceptual-theoretical formation, define theoretical paths in the undergraduate programs and a continuous link between the academy and the professional field of action are pointed out.

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