Political participation of social workers in traditional and emerging areas of intervention

• Autor(a) principal: Soto, Magdalena Sepúlveda
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Mancinas Espinoza, Sandra Elizabet
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Revista Katálysis (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/katalysis/article/view/79775

The objective of the study is to analyze from the historical-critical perspective the political practices —whether politicized or depoliticized— of social workers from the Metropolitan Area of Monterrey (AMM), Nuevo León, Mexico, who work in both traditional and emerging areas of intervention. For the research, 9 institutions and 11 social workers were selected; an in-depth interview, a questionnaire on personal and professional training data, an observation guide and a field diary were applied. The results showed that, although the practice of social work has as an ethical-political ideal to contribute to social welfare; this is transformed with the institutions, social policies, the production model and culture, and that the participants and the subjects of intervention share a lack of social protection that is key to the depoliticization of both.