Stifled Progress

Social Work and Social Policy in the Era of Right-Wing Populism Social work as a democratically constituted profession committed to human rights is currently facing cross-border encroachments and attacks by right-wing populist movements and governments. With the Bundestag elections in September 2017, the question of the extent to which right-wing populist forces succeed in influencing the discourse with xenophobic and nationalist arguments arises in Germany too. The authors examine how social work can respond effectively to nationalism, exclusion, de-solidarization and a basic skepticism about science and position itself against this background. From the Contents: Kerry Dunn/Jörg Fischer: Social Work and Social Policy in the Era of Right-Wing Populism – an Introduction; Samuel Salzborn: Right-Wing Populism and Right-Wing Extremism. Conceptual Basis; Fabian Virchow: Globalization and Right-Wing Populism in International Comparison; Alexander Häusler: Forms of Right-Wing Populism: The Example Alternative for Germany (AfD); Birgit Meyer: The Discrete Charme of Populism. The Role of Gender and Female Politicians in the AfD and Front National; Kerry Dunn: Social Work in Postfactual Times; Michael Reisch: Social Work under Trump – Experiences from the USA; Tomasz Kazmierczak: Social Work and Social Services in Polish Non-Liberal Democracy; Olga Borodkina: Social Work under Pressure in Russia; Kurt Möller: What does Right-Wing Populism Mean for Social Work?; Christoph Richter/Matthias Quent: Democracy under Stress Test. Right-Wing Populist Success at the German Parliamentary Elections, Implications for Social Policy and the East German Case: The influence of socio-economic and political-cultural spatial effects; Cheryl Hyde/Claire Galpern: Human Rights Based Social Work and Right-Wing Populism; Barbara Schäuble: Remaining professional and taking a stance – Social Works’ strategies for countering the influence of right-wing populist politics; Julika Bürgin: Civic Education in Spaces of Social Work; Christiane Leidinger/Heike Radvan: Anti-Feminist and Familyist Positions in Women, Gender and Sexual Politics as a Part of Right-Wing Populism Posing Challenges for Social Work; Kerry Dunn/Jörg Fischer: The Future of Right-Wing Populism as Challenge to Social Work