title: Coming Up for Air: Exploring an Intergenerational Perspective on Social Work.
abstract: From the late 1980s until now, scholars, educators and social workers have criticised the diminution of interest in the structural level of social problems. In this lament, former social work is beguiled, while critiques are targeted at the new generation of social workers. These critiques forewarn of important issues and problems, but at the same time they portray social work in a devolutionary way. It is argued that this one-sided debate conceals frictions between different generations of social workers. In reference to the work of Karl Mannheim, an intergenerational perspective is proposed that goes beyond nostalgic relishing of the past and calls on social work to actively engage with past remembrance and present evolutions.
authors: University College Ghent, Valentin Vaerwijckweg 1, Faculty of Education, Health and Social Work, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
authors: Steven
authors: S
authors: Brandt
authors: Ghent University, Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent , Belgium.
authors: Rudi
authors: R
authors: Roose
authors: University College Ghent, Valentin Vaerwijckweg 1, Faculty of Education, Health and Social Work, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
authors: Griet
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authors: Verschelden
keywords: Generations; karl mannheim; social work profession; social work theory