Building on Richard Sennett's recent work this books tries to clarify the ethical significance of craftsmanship. According to Sennett, 'learning to work well' is a deep source of personal meaning and of fruitful cooperation. Moreover provides the foundation of citizenship. Learning to master a craft …

The project Rhythm for Life has had a parallel project in Groningen, with the projects Learning to play an instrument at an elderly age and Creative workshops for the elderly. These were carried out in Groningen at the PCC in the framework of the research line HAMA of the research group LLMA. The second …

Full text via link. Chapter 9 of A Good Society Is More Than Just a Private Affair. In this chapter the situation of the lower-educated in the Netherlands has been described. We started with a brief explanation of the concepts of work participation and social participation. Participation means being …

It seems today that the streets in Mexico are littered with bodies of journalists. Since the ruling president, Felipe Calderón, declared war on drug cartels in December 2006, more than 30 journalists have been murdered or have gone missing. The escalating violence and attacks on Mexican media are emerging …

Verkennende analyse van de sociale kwaliteit van de lokale samenleving van gemeente Wageningen. Een dergelijke analyses is belangrijk in het licht van de taken die de Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning (WMO) aan gemeenten toekent. Om te kunnen bepalen op welke wijze de gemeente de lokale civil society …

Projects Abroad are a leading international organizer of overseas voluntary work placements. They have more than 140 different kinds of projects in 26 different destinations. They offer several services such as trips for a gap year, summer vacation projects, internships and sabbaticals. They are able …

Verkennende analyse van de sociale kwaliteit van de lokale samenleving van Barneveld. Een dergelijke analyses is belangrijk in het licht van de taken die de Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning aan gemeenten toekent. Om te kunnen bepalen op welke wijze de gemeente de lokale civil society kan versterken …

After 2001, nine years after the fall of the Taliban, women's socio-economic position in Afghanistan has hardly improved. To this day, women are subjected to many cruelties such as torture and rape. After the Taliban had been defeated in 2001, the total amount of development assistance by the international …

Social work is a profession that is very much part of and contributes to an ever changing and evolving society. It is therefore essential that social work is able to respond to the diverse and dynamic demands that it may encounter in that society and in the future. The critique of social work is, however, …

As a practitioner, a manager and a scientist in social work for 40 years, I am still intrigued by the social work positioning and legitimating processes. Its recognition by users and financiers is often diffuse and its fragmentation sometimes hinders effective interventions. In social work itself, …