2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Review of Social Work Theory: Analysis of Paradigm/Ideology

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20530516
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies
Research Institution	Aichi Prefectural University
Principal Investigator	TAGAWA Kayoko (沖田佳代子) Aichi Prefectural University, 教育福祉学部, 准教授 (10269095)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	ソーシャルワーク / パラダイム / イデオロギー / 理論 / 枠組み
Research Abstract	The task is to reorganize social work theories by incorporating analytical description of state and ideology as well as social work and ideology that are lacking in knowledge currently taught in social work education through the review of preceding studies.This study seeks to explore theoretical basis or framework and its constituting elements in pursuit of alternative practice with a perspective to objectivize the existing social systems.By setting aside the existing social arrangement that is regarded as an axiom for a moment, it was assumed that the existing social arrangement could be changed with a different social paradigm. The perspective of paradigm made it possible to liberate social work embedded in the framework of existing social policy once.