Abstract
This predominantly student monograph is introduced in this chapter by the editor's explanatory framework. In it, the themes of dignity, reflexivity and participation are interconnected by emphasizing reflection on their necessary context, constituted by interpersonal reflective dialogue, human vulnerability and fragile interdependence at the risk of non-understanding of its participants, as opposed to seeing through the administrative-bureaucratic and economizing reductions that society tends to slide towards under the many pressures that exist.
In this context, the importance of democratic professionalism, and the resulting ethical challenges for the social worker, is emphasized.