Towards a hundred issues of Critical Social Policy

Abstract

Despite the current economic crisis facing the global economy we continue to be faced with the seeming triumph of global capitalism/ neo-liberalism. This is despite the great insecurity, difficulties and hardship that undoubtedly result for the majority of people. Social workers have to deal with many of the casualties of this system on a day-to-day basis, and I argue they require journals like CSP to provide a critical perspective on social policy issues and developments at both a practical and theoretical level. This piece highlights some of the main CSP articles which have helped one social worker in this regard over the last almost thirty years of his career.