Social work in a globalizing world / Lena Dominelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dominelli, Lena.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

ix, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2010.

Summary:

Written by a leading social work academic whose work is internationally renowned, this book confronts contemporary challenges facing social workers in relation to globalization and the rise of international global problems.

Contents:

Introduction

Creating the new profession of social work

Mapping out the terrain of 'the social'

Professionalization, practice methods and processes of intervention

Social work, citizenship, human rights and social justice

Human, social and environmental degradation

Globalizing the local and localizing the global in practice

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [174]-195) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780745640884

0745640885

0745640893

9780745640891

OCLC:

635455430