Sprawiedliwość przestrzenna jako fundament pracy socjalnej
Spatial justice as a foundation for social work

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the usefulness of applying the concept of spatial justice and the postulate of the right to the countryside in social work in relation to communities living in rural areas. Due to the significant diversity of rural areas in Poland today, labeling social work as 'rural' can be challenging, misleading, and at times counterproductive because of the specific character of a given community in a particular spatial location that is not administratively classed as a city. The use of the adjective 'rural' when specifying actions undertaken within local diagnoses, and later when implementing social work methods, should be preceded by reflection on the actual attributes of the given area. This article proposes introducing of the concept of social work oriented towards spatial justice into theory and practice, in place of the terms 'rural/urban social work'.

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