Introduction: Social Work and the Making of Social Policy ~ Ute Klammer, Simone Leiber and Sigrid Leitner Part One: Social Work, Problem Definition and Agenda Setting Social Work as Policy Innovator: Challenges and Possibilities in the UK ~ Roger Smith Social Work, Problem Definition and Policy Change in the USA: The Case of sex trafficked Youth ~ Lisa Werkmeister Rozas, Megan Feely and Jason Ostrander Italian Social Workers Voices: from a Pilot Anti-Poverty Intervention to a National Policy ~ Matteo D'Emilione, Giovannina Assunta Giuliano, Paolo Raciti and Paloma Vivaldi Vera Part Two: Social Work Interests in Policy Formulation and Decision Making Social Reform in the US: Lessons from the Progressive Era ~ Francisco Branco Social Work Academia and Social Policy in Israel: On the Role of Social Work Academics in the Policy Process ~ Idit Weiss-Gal and John Gal Social Workers' Collective Policy Practice in Times of Austerity. Italy and Spain compared ~ Riccardo Guidi Social Policy and Welfare Movements 'from below': The Social Work Action Network (SWAN) in the UK ~ Rich Moth and Michael Lavalette Section Three: Social Work and Implementation Policy Work and the Ethics of Obedience and Resistance: Perspectives from Britain and beyond ~ Tony Evans Systemic Barriers to effective Implementation of Child Protection Reform in Israel ~ Ravit Alfandari Social Workers implementing Social Assistance in Spain: reshaping Poverty in a familialistic Welfare State ~ Sergio Sanchez Castineira Layering, social Risks and manufactured Uncertainties in Social Work in Poland ~ Pawel Polawski 'A little more Humanity': Placement Officers in Germany in-between Social Work and Social Policy ~ Markus Gottwald and Frank Sowa Conclusion: Social Work and the Making of Social Policy - Lessons learned ~ Ute Klammer, Simone Leiber and Sigrid Leitner