Table of Contents

Volume 1, Issue 1: March 1998.

The Amsterdam declaration on the social quality of Europe
A Walker - Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Elmfield, Northumberland Road, Sheffield S10 2TU, UK
Pages 109-111

The new journal for the social professions in Europe
H-U Otto and W Lorenz
Pages 1-4

Citizenship on the margins: citizenship, social work and social action
R Lister - Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Pages 5-18

The flight from universalism
S Suneson, S Blomberg, PG Edebalk, L Harrysson, J Magnusson, A Meeuwisse, J Petersson and T Salonen School of Social Work, Lund University, Sweden
Pages 19-29

The professional role of social work in a market environment
G van der Laan Department of Social Work, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Pages 31-40

The development of social pedagogy in Spain: the tension between social needs, political response and academic interests
A Lopez-Blasco AREA, Valencia, Spain
Pages 41-53

Research. Paradox in professional practice-womens' views of social work. A tri-national study in England, Germany and Italy
S Hume, P Benvenuti, D Gristina and M Riege
Pages 55-70

Research. Issues in European child protection research
R Hetherington - Centre for Comparative Social Work Studies, Brunel University, London, UK
Pages 71-82

Talking of racism: the project of a society of diversity
L Balbo - Department of Humanities, University of Ferrara, Italy
Pages 83-85

The politics of care for elderly people in Scandinavia
G Jakobsson - Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Sweden
Pages 87-93

Educating for social work in Poland - challenges of the transformation period
A Majewska-Galeziak - School of Social Work, Gadansk, Poland
Pages 95-100

Window to the world. From service to social control: implications of welfare reform for professional practice in the United States
N Gilbert Department of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Pages 101-108

Summaries in Deutsch, Francais, Espanol
Various
Pages 137-146

Bulletin. Project report. The European consortium of social professions with educational and social sciences-ECSPRESS
Anon
Pages 113-122

Book Reviews
Various
Pages 123-136

Volume 1, Issue 2: July 1998.

Social economy: community action towards social integration and the prevention of unemployment and poverty
S Elsen and I Wallimann pp. 151-164

Social work training in Central and Eastern Europe: experiences in Bulgaria and Slovakia
G Jack and B Jordan pp. 165-175

Citizenship of Roma after the split of Czechoslovakia: a social problem to be faced by other multinational states
J Siklová and M Miklusáková pp. 177-187

Three generations of comparative welfare theory: from convergence to convergence
RA Van Voorhis pp. 189-202

Research. From the employment office to the social welfare office: social assistance recipiency among first-time unemployed in Sweden
B Gustafsson pp. 203-220

Essay. The profession as client
K Pik pp. 221-225

Practice and policy. Social action in Portugal
MJ Madeira pp. 227-230

Window to the world. Social policy in Hong Kong: from British colony to special administrative region of China
JWS Chiu and VCW Wong pp. 231-242

Documentation. Amsterdam and beyond
P Herrmann pp. 243-244

Bulletin
Anon pp. 245-260

Book reviews
Various pp. 261-276

Volume 1, Issue 3: 1998.

Toward 'good enough' services for inaptly served families and children: barriers and opportunities
JM Rosenfeld and IJ Sykes pp. 285-300

The use of institutional care for children across Europe
C Sellick pp. 301-310

The reconstruction of childhood - implications for theory and practice
D Sommer pp. 311-326

Europe, social exclusion and the identity of social work
J Washington and I Paylor pp. 327-338

'Just community' - a social cognitive research project in the penal system
M Brumlik pp. 339-346

Window on the world. The paradox of child poverty in Israel
A Ben-Arieh and J Gal pp. 347-359

Essay. Workfare: deconstructing welfare reform
F Powell pp. 361-362

Bulletin. Country notes. Czech Republic
Anon pp. 363-374

Book reviews
Various pp. 375-388

Volume 2, Issue 1: March 1999.

Editorial HU Otto and W Lorenz
pp. 1-2

Social Europe, social citizenship, and social services
V White and J Harris pp. 3-13

Transformations in social work: from help towards social inclusion to the management of exclusion
A Scherr pp. 15-25

Social work, postmodernism, and Marxism
I Ferguson and M Lavalette pp. 27-40

The uses of social science in the history of Dutch social work, 1900-1980
S Koenis pp. 41-53

Authors and audiences: towards a sociology of case recording
GA Askeland and M Payne pp. 55-65

Social work in South Africa: historical antecedents and current challenges
D Chetty pp. 67-76

Essay. Politics of childhood, children's rights, and intergenerational relations
H Sünker pp. 77-81

Bulletin. Country Note. Bulgaria
Anon pp. 83-85

Conference report
Anon pp. 86-88

Documentation
Anon pp. 89-91

Resources
Anon pp. 92-95

Congresses
Anon pp. 96-98

Book reviews
Various pp. 99-109