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Global social work : crossing borders, blurring boundaries / edited by Carolyn Noble, Helle Strauss and Brian Littlechild.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Noble, Carolyn, editor.
Strauss, Helle, editor.
Littlechild, Brian, 1953- editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Social service--International cooperation.
Social service.
Social work education.
Human services--International cooperation.
Human services.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (392 pages)
Place of Publication:
The University Of Sydney, Australia : Sydney University Press, 2014.
Summary:
Global Social Work: Crossing Borders, Blurring Boundaries provides a reference point for moving the current social work discourse towards understanding the local and global context in its broader significance.
Contents:
Towards identifying a philosophical basis of social work
Transnational social work: a new paradigm with perspectives
Transcending disciplinary, professional and national borders in social work education
Educating social workers without boundaries through the Intercultural Social Intervention Model (ISIM)
Indigenism and Australian social work
Envisioning a professional identity: charting pathways through social work education in India
Social work education in Indonesia: challenges and reforms
Social work education in South Asia: diverse, dynamic and disjointed?
Social work education and family in Latin America: a case study
Social work education in the Caribbean: charting pathways to growth and globalisation
Social work education and training in southern and east Africa: yesterday, today and tomorrow
The current status and future challenges of social work education in South Korea
Social work education in Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia
Social work education in the United States: beyond boundaries
Social work education in the United Kingdom
International social work education: the Canadian context
Economic crises, neoliberalism, and the US welfare state: trends, outcomes and political struggle
The Nordic welfare model, civil society and social work
Social work education in the post-socialist and post-modern era: the case of Ukraine
Social work education in Eastern Europe: can post-communism be followed by diversity?
Social work education as a catalyst for social change and social development: case study of a Master of Social Work Program in China
Reflections of an activist social worker: challenging human rights violations
Contesting the neoliberal global agenda: lessons from activists
No issue, no politics: towards a New Left in social work education
Learning from our past: climate change and disaster interventions in practice
Social work education: current trends and future directions
Global education for social work: old debates and future directions for international social work
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
1-74332-405-7
1-74332-492-8

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