When Social Workers Impact Policy and Don’t Just Implement It

John Gal is Full Professor and former Dean at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Idit Weiss-Gal is a Full Professor and former Head of the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel Aviv University.

• 1. Introduction 2. On the social work–social policy interface 3. The environments 4. Opportunity 5. Facilitation 6. Motivation 7. Explaining the policy engagement of social workers and beyond

“Social workers have always been engaged in social policies – of all types, at many levels, in different arenas, using a range of professional strategies. Now we have a thoughtful book with compelling examples and insights. The authors are international leaders on this topic. This book should become a standard text.” Michael Sherraden, Washington University