@inbook{f09aad003a534016bbfde418dd4d320c,
title = "Introduction",
abstract = "This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book sets a context in respect of identifying historical, philosophical, policy and legal influences on current practice. It offers important insights into the way that policies come to be developed and implemented in a changing, although in other ways, continuing, political landscape. The book overviews some of the key historical developments and influences informing present-day social work in Scotland. It taps into the recent interest in social work ethics to consider whether there might be a particular Scottish intellectual tradition that might inform approaches to social welfare. The separate Scottish legal system is one of the pillars of a Scottish national identity. Iain Ferguson locates Scottish social work against the backdrop of neo-liberalism, identifying the tensions faced in trying to stand against such global and globalising forces.",
author = "Mark Smith and Cree, {Viviene E.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 selection and editorial matter, Viviene E. Cree and Mark Smith; individual chapters, the contributors.",
year = "2018",
month = feb,
day = "13",
doi = "10.4324/9781315100821-1",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781138295032",
series = "Student Social Work",
publisher = "Routledge",
pages = "1--5",
editor = "Cree, {Viviene E.} and Mark Smith",
booktitle = "Social Work in a Changing Scotland",
address = "United Kingdom",
edition = "1st",
}