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KMID : 0613620210410040349
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Health Social Welfare Review
2021 Volume.41 No. 4 p.349 ~ p.365
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A Study on the Major Characteristics and Formation Process of Social Work in China
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He Zhifeng
Liu Dong
Lee Jun-Young
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Abstract
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In the fields of social policy and social work, the exchange and cooperation between South Korea and China have recently received increasing attention. Given this situation, it is important for both countries to have a good understanding of each other’s social policy and social work to achieve desired outcomes through the exchange and cooperation. Thus, this article aims to analyze the historical development and characteristics of social work in China, considering that the country has established its own welfare systems in a different way compared with advanced capitalist countries. This paper examines the Chinese case focusing on professionalization, institutionalization, and administrative system. The results can be summarized as follows. First, professional education programs for social workers in school were first launched before the field of social work practice was well-developed. Second, in terms of institutionalization, social work in China still depends considerably on the social security system. Finally, when it comes to administrative system, the ‘state-led’ administrative operation is still dominant, while non-public sectors have a marginal role. These features of Chinese social work may be obstacles to developing social work in the country. To overcome these problems, to begin with, it is required to foster professionals who can train social workers and build a knowledge system related to social policy and social work in the Chinese context. In addition, it is recommended that the institutional foundation for social work should be strengthened, and the professional field of social work should have their own well-established domain. Most importantly, the state-led service delivery system needs to be reformed and the competence of private actors is required to be gradually improved. As the findings imply that there are many similarities in the process of social work transformation and institutionalization between South Korea and China, it seems that the results of this study may help facilitate the exchange between the two countries in the academic and practical fields of social work in the future.
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KEYWORD
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Social Work in China, Social Welfare in China, History of Social Work, Social Service
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