The obvious inferiority of our programs…” early american influences on chile’s social work profession during the 1940s

Authors

  • Maricela González Moya Universidad Santo Tomás (Chile)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/rts.82.33-54

Keywords:

Social work history, professionalization, americanization

Abstract

This paper analyzes the United States’ influence on Chile’s social work profession, which began
in the 1940s and replaced the European basis of the profession during its first 15 years. Using a
global history theory approach, we analyze mutual contacts between Chile and the United States
in an attempt to transcend the purely imperialist or dependancy perspectives traditionally used to
study the issue. From this perspective, the US’ influence occurs as a “contact zone” based primarily
on cultural exchanges that operate under post World War II US hegemony and Roosevelt’s “good
neighbor” doctrine.

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Author Biography

Maricela González Moya, Universidad Santo Tomás (Chile)

Universidad Santo Tomás, Escuela de Trabajo Social. Asistente Social, Magíster en Filosofía, Doctora© en Historia

Published

2020-08-17

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Section

Artículos científicos