KRITIČKA PERSPEKTIVA RAZVOJA ZAJEDNICE U OBRAZOVANJU ZA SOCIJALNI RAD: PROMJENA U PRISTUPU MARGINALIZACIJI I SOCIJALNOJ ISKLJUČENOSTI
CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION: CHANGE IN THE APPROACH TO THE MARGINALISATION AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION

Summary/Abstract: Searching for answers to the question of how to look at the marginalization and social exclusion in post-modern societies especially fast changing those in which social justice is not easy to be reached, alongside with protection of human rights, we found base in the critical perspective to community development. Using the content analysis method, our first goal is to look at the construction and concepts of marginalization and social exclusion and point out their multidimensionality which brings new challenges for social work. Looking through the postmodern critical perspective on different, but interdependent dimensions of marginalization and social exclusion, the second goal is to point out the need for a more systematic study of postmodern critical theory and its fundamental principles in the education for social work, in order to contribute to development of critical thinking and critical practice. In future, development of critical practice could offer an alternative response to the essential features of marginalization and social exclusion, such as the exclusion from economic, social and political flows of those who are unintentionally/involuntarily affected by these processes. Unlike the traditional social work whose dominant discourse is based on the individualistic approach, introduction of social work in community development which would rely on theoretical, value and practical basis of the postmodern critical perspective, could become a significant area of social work practice that promotes social change, human rights, social justice and contributes to users empowerment to overcome the problems which emerge in the interaction between people and their environment.

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