Training Course “Social Work before and after the Modern State”
With the exit of Western colonialism and the birth of the modern state in Arab societies in general and in Syria in particular, many changes happened in society and the mechanisms of the old society were unable to keep pace with the new society which gradually weakened them until they completely decayed.
The Course’s Aim:
Raising the awareness of social workers and those interested in social work of the modern state system and the historical reality of social work in Islamic societies.
Course Topics:
The profound structural changes that took place in society after the emergence of the modern state, the effects of its birth in the West and its import into the Arab world through social work.
Introducing Muslim societies before the state model was applied upon them and its most important features and self-management mechanisms and how it developed a unique system of pious endowments which became the basis of its economic independence.
Dropping the topics of the previous era on the Syrian situation and to review the effects of successive states’ policies ending with the Baath era in weakening social work.
The course was presented by Dr. Mazen Hashim, a specialist in sociology, over the course of five hours. He presented the course to Syrian civil society institutions and organizations active in social work and public affairs.
مؤسسة بحثية سورية تسعى إلى الإسهام في بناء الرؤى والمعارف بما يساعد السوريين على إنضاج حلول عملية لمواجهة التحديات الوطنية المشتركة وتحقيق التنمية المستدامة
