Theorie, Forschung und Praxis der Sozialen Arbeit

Promoting and preserving social cohesion has become a central challenge for European societies. Based on contributions from the first trinational conference of DGSA, OGSA and SGSA, this book addresses both the meaning of social cohesion for individuals and societies and the question of how social work can contribute to promoting and preserving social cohesion as the basis of liberal democratic societies.

As a discipline and profession, social work lives from the constant development of the knowledge shared in and with it. Research, theory formation, teaching and practice form a complex structure in the social context. The volume takes a look at the various relations: Where, by whom and in what way is social work knowledge formed, developed and shared? And what types of knowledge are involved?