Aquí te presento una posible reseña del libro "Historia del Trabajo Social" de Eli Evangelista Ramírez, editado por Plaza y Valdés, México, 2001:
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A significant portion of the essay explores the period of "Reconceptualization" during the 1960s and 70s. Martínez views this as the most intellectually vibrant era for the profession. Influenced by Marxist theory and the pedagogy of Paulo Freire, social workers in Latin America began to question their role as mere "palliative" agents. They sought to move beyond clinical or functionalist approaches—which aimed to help individuals "adjust" to an unequal society—toward a transformative practice. Martínez emphasizes that this movement turned the social worker into a political actor, focused on conscientization and the structural transformation of society. Aquí te presento una posible reseña del libro
Social Policy: The transition from private charity to state-led social assistance.
🔍 Find it: Check university libraries or Plaza y Valdés digital archives. Title: Historia del Trabajo Social Author: Elí Evangelista
Perhaps the most cited section in academic papers, this part explores the "Reconceptualization Movement" (Movimiento de Reconceptualización). This Latin American movement rejected technicist approaches and embraced a Marxist-influenced structural analysis. Evangelista Ramírez provides a balanced, fixed historical account of how Mexican social workers moved from individual therapy toward social activism and policy analysis.
A diferencia de otros autores que presentan la historia del Trabajo Social como una simple línea de tiempo de "buen samaritano", Evangelista Martínez propone una visión histórico-crítica. Para él, el Trabajo Social no nace solo de la caridad, sino de la necesidad del Estado y del sistema económico de gestionar las contradicciones sociales. 2. Contextualización en el México Moderno A diferencia de otros autores que presentan la
A mediator of the "Social Question" between the state and the people. Challenge