Associate Professor Adrian Vicary

I am Head of the School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy on the Magill and City East Campuses.

• Politics
• Social policy
• Social theory
• I coordinate the following courses: Conflict Management Minor Thesis 1 and 2, and Contemporary Knowledge for the Human Services (in Doctor of Human Service Research)

Australian Council of Heads of Schools of Social Work

BA (Hons), DipEd, MA (Adel), PhD (Flinders)

• Teacher unionism
• Contractualism and the human services
• Civics and citizenship education

Vicary, A. (2001), 'Welfare History', in W. Prest (ed), Wakefield Companion to South Australian History, Wakefield Press, Adelaide.

Vicary, A. & Henley, M. (1999), 'Community Services in South Australia: From contracts to the common good?', in J. Spoehr (ed), Beyond the Contract State: Ideas for social and economic renewal in South Australia, Wakefield Press, Adelaide.

Vicary, A. (1997), In the Interests of Education: A History of Education Unionism in South Australia, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.

Vicary, A. (1993), ' "Their proper place in society": State education and the politics of status in South Australia 1951-1979', History of Education Review, Vol. 22, No. 2.

Vicary, A. (1989), 'South Australian Teacher Unionism and the Politics of Neutrality 1951-1979', History of Education Review, Vol. 18, No. 2.

Vicary, A. (1986), 'The South Australian Institute of Teachers: Doctrinal and Strategic Problems', in A. Spaull, R. White, K. Nash & A. Vicary, Teacher Unionism in the 1980s: Four Perspectives, Australian Education Review, No. 24, Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn.

Vicary, A. (1979), Career Education and the World of Work, South Australian Council for Educational Planning and Research, Adelaide.

Vicary, A. (1979), 'Education and Social Relations', in G. Duncan (ed), Critical Essays in Australian Politics, Edward Arnold Australia, Melbourne.

Program evaluations

Vicary, A. (1995), The Family Empowerment Project, Elizabeth: Evaluation Report, Social Policy Research Group, University of South Australia

Vicary, A. & Peter, D. (1992), Review of Graduate Diploma of Social Science in Rehabilitation, University of South Australia. Review jointly supported by WorkCover Corporation and University of South Australia

Book reviews

Vicary, A. (1995), Review of Philippe Van Parijs (ed), Arguing for Basic Income: Ethical Foundations for a Radical Reform (Verso, London & New York, 1992), in Australasian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 30, No. 1.

Vicary, A. (1990), Review of G. Manning & H. Manning, Worth Fighting For: Work and Industrial Relations in the Banking Industry in South Australia (Australian Bank Employees Union, 1989), in Labour and Industry, Vol. 3, Nos 2 & 3.

Research notes

Vicary, A. (1994), 'The Welfare Labour Process', Welfare State and Social Policy, Nexus, Newsletter of the Australian Sociological Association, Vol. 6, No. 4, November 1994.

Vicary, A. (1992), 'Teaching Politics in South Australian Schools', Australasian Political Studies Association Newsletter, No. 57, March 1992.

Conference papers

Vicary, A., ‘The new contractualism, partnerships and social work outcomes’. Paper presented to Australian Association of Social Work and Welfare Education Conference, Cairns, 28-30 September 1998

Vicary, A., ‘Social work, intervention and governance under the new contractualism’. Paper presented to Joint Regional Conference of Asia-Pacific Association for Social Work Education and International Federation of Social Workers, Enhancing Social Integration: Structure, process and intervention for social development, Bangkok, November, 1997

Vicary, A., Tesoriero, F., Gursansky, D., Clisby, J, Craft, L., ‘Parliamentary Internships: Changes, Challenges and Chances in Social Work Field Education’. Paper presented to The Association of Practical Experiences in Professional Education (PEPE) Third National Cross Faculty Practicum Conference, Adelaide, 29 January-1 February 1997

Vicary, A., 'Social work, moral economy and the industrialisation of charity'. Paper presented to The Australian Sociological Association Conference, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, December 1994.

Vicary, A., 'Who should control statutory social work?' Paper presented to Statutory Social Work Conference, University of Adelaide, 28-29 April 1994.

Vicary, A., Oxenberry, R., Hender, S, 'The Welfare Function in Contemporary Society'. Paper presented to The Australian Sociological Association Conference, University of South Australia, Adelaide, December 1992.

Vicary, A., ‘The welfare labour process’. Paper presented to Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers Conference, Welfare in a Changing Environment, Gold Coast, August 1991. (Published in Conference Proceedings, AIWCW, 1991.)

Vicary, A., ‘Political Neutrality and the Civil Rights of Teachers’. Paper presented to Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of New England, August 1988

Vicary, A., 'Illich’s analysis of the professions'. Paper presented to Sociological Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Melbourne, 1975