Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Part 1 Theory of social work
  3. 1 Towards identifying a philosophical basis of social work Carolyn Noble and Mark Henrickson
  4. 2 Transnational social work: a new paradigm with perspectives Isidor Wallimann
  5. 3 Transcending disciplinary, professional and national borders in social work education Silvia Staub-Bernasconi
  6. 4 Educating social workers without boundaries through the Intercultural Social Intervention Model (ISIM) María-José Aguilar-Idáñez and Daniel Buraschi
  7. 5 Indigenism and Australian social work Christine Fejo-King
  8. Part 2 Social work as a profession
  9. 6 Envisioning a professional identity: charting pathways through social work education in India Vimla V. Nadkarni and Sandra Joseph
  10. 7 Social work education in Indonesia: challenges and reforms Fentiny Nugroho and Kanya Eka Santi
  11. 8 Social work education in South Asia: diverse, dynamic and disjointed? Bala Raju Nikku
  12. 9 Social work education and family in Latin America: a case study Carolina Muñoz-Guzmán, Sandra Mancinas and Nelly Nucci
  13. Part 3 The development of social work education courses
  14. 10 Social work education in the Caribbean: charting pathways to growth and globalisation Letnie Rock and Cerita Buchanan
  15. 11 Social work education and training in southern and east Africa: yesterday, today and tomorrow Rodreck Mupedziswa and Refilwe P. Sinkamba
  16. 12 The current status and future challenges of social work education in South Korea In-young Han and Jung-won Lim
  17. Part 4 The social work curriculum
  18. 13 Social work education in Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia Barbara Staniforth and Carolyn Noble
  19. 14 Social work education in the United States: beyond boundaries Clara Shockley and Frank R. Baskind
  20. 15 Social work education in the United Kingdom Brian Littlechild and Karen Lyons
  21. Part 5 Social work and the welfare state
  22. 16 International social work education: the Canadian context Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha
  23. 17 Economic crises, neoliberalism, and the US welfare state: trends, outcomes and political struggle Mimi Abramovitz
  24. 18 The Nordic welfare model, civil society and social work Gurid Aga Askeland and Helle Strauss
  25. Part 6 Social work and social change
  26. 19 Social work education in the post-socialist and post-modern era: the case of Ukraine Tetyana Semigina and Oksano Boyko
  27. 20 Social work education in Eastern Europe: can post-communism be followed by diversity? Darja Zaviršek
  28. 21 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
  29. Part 7 Social work and political activism
  30. 22 Reflections of an activist social worker: challenging human rights violations Linda Briskman
  31. 23 Contesting the neoliberal global agenda: lessons from activists Maureen Wilson, Avery Calhoun and Elizabeth Whitmore
  32. 24 No issue, no politics: towards a New Left in social work education Mel Gray and Stephen A. Webb
  33. Part 8 The past and the future of social work
  34. 25 Learning from our past: climate change and disaster interventions in practice Lena Dominelli
  35. 26 Social work education: current trends and future directions Vishanthie Sewpaul
  36. 27 Global education for social work: old debates and future directions for international social work Lynne M. Healy
  37. Contributors
  38. Other Works
  39. Copyright