Social policy analysis in Arab social work research : a scoping review

Abstract EN

Policy analysis studies contribute to improving social policy.

Although their importance to social workers and the growing interest of Arab social work researchers in conducting these studies, the content of social policy analysis research is rarely found in social work education curricula.

Hence, the importance of collecting and summarizing the content of social policy analysis studies has emerged to provide valuable information to educators and researchers of Arab social work to use it in developing curricula and scientific literature and directing research on this topic.

So, this study aimed to review the social policy analysis studies in Arab social work research to determine their key features and research priorities.

To achieve the aims of this study, the researcher used the scoping review as one of the literature review methods and relied on the methodological framework of Arksey and O'Malley (2005) to conduct this review.

This review included (41) studies during the period (1960-2019), which were selected according to specific criteria.

The review showed features of social policy analysis in Arab social work research regarding analysis purposes, analytical approaches, analysis models, research methodology, and analysis paradigms.

The research priorities of Arab Social work were identified in this topic.