The Main Tendencies of Social Work Theory and Practice in France in the Period between the Two World Wars

Abstract

This article is devoted to the development of
the theory of social work in the period between the two world
wars. The theory and practice of social work in France are
based on the ideas and approaches of the North-American
model of social work. However, the First International Conference
of Social Work, held in Paris in the first third of the XXth
century, had great influence on the formation of the national
methodology of social work. They were the Conferences
theoretical orientations which defined the development vector
of scientific theory and practice of social work in France and
laid the foundation of the French theoretical model in the 20th
century.