Social work in a globalizing world
By: Lena Dominelli
Publisher: Polity; Wiley-Interscience
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780745640884; 9780745640891
Subjects: Social aspects; Globalization; Social service
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-195) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Creating the new profession of social work; title: Mapping out the terrain of 'the social'; title: Professionalization, practice methods and processes of intervention; title: Social work, citizenship, human rights and social justice; title: Human, social and environmental degradation; title: Globalizing the local and localizing the global in practice; title: Conclusions.