@article{Levin_2009, title={Discourses Within and About Social Work}, volume={4}, url={https://journals.uis.no/index.php/JCSW/article/view/42}, DOI={10.31265/jcsw.v4i1.42}, abstractNote={<p>Is it possible to gain a fuller understanding of social work by using the concept of discourse? In this article I examine social work as a discursive practice. My aim here is to discover whether this kind of discursive framing may add to our understanding of the discipline of social work. Discourse11, as I understand it, is a social phenomenon based upon a social and a cultural relationship serving as a foundation for making shared assessments (Magnusson 1998, Fook, 2002). As used here, discourse refers to a more extensive social phenomenon both formed and spread by language and which involves the contributions of many people through time (Magnusson, 1998:182). When this is related to a discipline such as social work, discourse also involves issues involving competency as linked to a position or status.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Comparative Social Work}, author={Levin, Irene}, year={2009}, month={Apr.}, pages={5–22} }