Social workers as willful subjects

• Published in: Journal of social work : JSW Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 761 - 778
• Main Authors: Sinai-Glazer, Hagit, Krumer-Nevo, Michal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2023; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Bureaucracy; Ethnography; Fieldwork; Social services; Social workers; social workers; willful subjects; agency; Social work; ethnography; social work practice

How does social workers' agency come about amid the structural constraints they face in their everyday practice? Based on ethnographic fieldwork at a social services department in Israel, this article offers insights into social workers' agentic performances. Fieldwork lasted four and a ha...