Social Work, Mobilization and Popular Organization: A Systematization of the Contemporary Debate

• Main Authors: Maria Lúcia Duriguetto, Luiz Agostinho de Paula Baldi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2012-12-01
• Series: Revista Katálysis
• Subjects: serviço social; debate profissional; mobilização; organização popular
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/katalysis/article/view/27315

This article concerns the intervention of Social Work in processes of popular mobilization and organization and focuses in particular on the contemporary debate about the issue. This debate is presented in the academic production of authors specifically concerning the pedagogic and educational functions of social workers and their insertion in working class organizations. In this systematization, priority is given to formulations that have gained relevance in the professional debate and that offer some considerations needed for the analysis and to develop an outlook on the relationship of the profession with the processes of mobilization and popular organization.