Welfare Reform on the Web (April 2007): Social care - overseas

Tensions and dilemmas of social work education in China

K.-S. Yip

International Social Work, vol. 50, 2007, p.93-105

Social work and social work education have developed significantly in China since 1990, but have to address tensions between professionalisation, politicisation and commercialisation. This article examines these tensions in detail.