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