Intersectionality is an approach to social diversity that promises to take into account the complexity and dynamics of societal divisions and to support inclusive intervention practices. The intersectional approach appears ...

Dutch policy for the creative economy: aiming for too many birds with one stone? Creative economy is a subject that enjoys a lot of attention from Dutch governments, from local to state. It is assumed that creative ...

The community machinery – repair or reframe Almost every Dutch city works community oriented in one way or another. In the last fifteen years a ‘community machinery’ has been developed. This machinery tends to show some ...

This article is based on a qualitative case study that was carried out in a health community practice of 25 years’ standing. In this study ‘double actorship’ emerged as one of the most important elements in the health-based ...

Social work is a helping profession that is present in a variety of contexts. This raises the question whether one can speak of a common identity of the profession. The author has addressed this question in his Ph.D-thesis ...