Review article
https://doi.org/10.20901/an.16.08
Social work and security logic in the era of terrorism securitization
Mirko Bilandžić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0532-9767
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Josip Pandžić
orcid.org/0000-0002-8265-9452
; Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Social work is oriented towards improving the quality of life and devel- oping the potentials of individuals, especially of vulnerable social groups, as well as adressing societal problems, risks, injustices and inequalities. Human rights and social justice constitute the fundamental principles of social work. in the terrorism securitization era, i.e. from the beginning of 21st century, due to the growing multidimensionality of terrorism by which various policies, processes and actors overlap and network, boundaries between social and security policies have been gradually disappearing. Departure from the professional care for vulnerable populations function towards the "surveillance" function, by which individuals are controlled in the interest of preserving social order and security, puts social work in all its meanings in a different role. In counterterrorist action, social services and social work are becoming subordinated to the security logic. By analyzing the framework for introducing social work into counterterrorist status and the role of social services in counterterrorism it becomes clear that social work performs the function of a national security policy intelligence instrument in the counterterrorist strategies of Western democracies.
Keywords
social work; social services; securitization; counterterrorism; national security
Hrčak ID:
231542
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2019.
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