Appropriating Care and Hijacking Desire: Thought and Praxis in Human Services Under 21st Century Capitalism |
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| Authors: | Hans Skott-Myhre Brad McDonald Kathleen S. G. Skott-Myhre |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Social Work and Human Services, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA;2. Social Justice and Equity Studies, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada;3. Department of Psychology, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia, USA |
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| Abstract: | In this article, we trace the rise of neoliberalism and its impacts on the historical role of human services within the academy and the community. We ask whether we can re-think and re-envision a 21st century academy rooted in the material actualities of daily living and connected in very real ways to the struggles of those Human Services was designed to serve. Finally, we propose that Human Services could have a significant role to play in developing new modes of value that could lead to new modes of thought and new avenues of praxis. |
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| Keywords: | Civil society human services neoliberalism |
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