Praxis in the Human Services as a Political Act

Authors

David G. Gil, Brandeis University

Abstract

My purpose in this paper is to develop a rationale for, and to suggest approaches to, the conscious integration of a political component into professional practice. Involved in this is a re-definition or re-conceptualization of professional roles in the human services as potentially powerful means of a radical, revolutionary political strategy. The overall aim of such a political strategy is to eliminate the systemic sources and dynamics of social, economic, and political inequalities - in my view, the major underlying causes of the entire array of social problems with which the human services profess to be concerned.

Recommended Citation

Gil, David G. (1976) "Praxis in the Human Services as a Political Act," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 3: Iss. 4, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.1142
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol3/iss4/9