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

Includes bibliographical references.

Part I. Theory of social work - Towards identifying a philosophical basis of social work / Carolyn Noble and Mark Henrickson - Transnational social work : a new paradigm with perspectives / Isidor Wallimann - Transcending disciplinary, professional and national borders in social work education / Silvia Staub-Bernasconi - Educating social workers without boundaries through the Intercultural Social Intervention Model (ISIM) / María-José Aguilar-Idáñez and Daniel Buraschi - Indigenism and Australian social work / Christine Fejo-King - Part 2. Social work as a profession - Envisioning a professional identity : charting pathways through social work education in India / Vimla V. Nadkarni and Sandra Joseph - Social work education in Indonesia : challenges and reforms / Fentiny Nugroho and Kanya Eka Santi - Social work education in South Asia : diverse, dynamic and disjointed? / Bala Raju Nikku - Social work education and family in Latin America : a case study / Carolina Muñoz-Guzmán, Sandra Mancinas and Nelly Nucci - Part 3. The development of social work education courses - Social work education in the Caribbean : charting pathways to growth and globalisation / Letnie Rock and Cerita Buchanan - Social work education and training in southern and east Africa : yesterday, today and tomorrow / Rodreck Mupedziswa and Refilwe P. Sinkamba - The current status and future challenges of social work education in South Korea / In-young Han and Jung-won Lim - Part 4. The social work curriculum - Social work education in Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia / Barbara Staniforth and Carolyn Noble - Social work education in the United States : beyond boundaries / Clara Shockley and Frank R. Baskind - Social work education in the United Kingdom / Brian Littlechild and Karen Lyons - Part 5. Social work and the welfare state - International social work education : the Canadian context / Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha - Economic crises, neoliberalism, and the US welfare state : trends, outcomes and political struggle / Mimi Abramovitz - The Nordic welfare model, civil society and social work / Gurid Aga Askeland and Helle Strauss - Part 6. Social work and social change - Social work education in the post-socialist and post-modern era : the case of Ukraine / Tetyana Semigina and Oksano Boyko - Social work education in Eastern Europe : can post-communism be followed by diversity? / Darja Zaviršek - Social work education as a catalyst for social change and social development : case study of a Master of Social Work Program in China / Angelina W.K. Yuen-Tsang, Ben H.B. Ku and Sibin Wang - Part 7. Social work and political activism - Reflections of an activist social worker : challenging human rights violations / Linda Briskman - Contesting the neoliberal global agenda : lessons from activists / Maureen Wilson, Avery Calhoun and Elizabeth Whitmore - No issue, no politics : towards a New Left in social work education / Mel Gray and Stephen A. Webb - Part 8. The past and the future of social work - Learning from our past : climate change and disaster interventions in practice / Lena Dominelli - Social work education : current trends and future directions / Vishanthie Sewpaul - Global education for social work : old debates and future directions for international social work / Lynne M. Healy.

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.

COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

https://lib.ciu.edu/copyright-request-form