The SAGE Handbook of International Social Work

This Handbook interrogates a key issue in the study of social work worldwide. Edited by the most respected researchers in the field, it brings together a truly international array of contributors.

Informationen zum Autor Karen Lyons is Honorary Professor at London Metropolitan University. Manohar Pawar is Lecturer at Charles Sturt University. Terry Hokenstad is Ralph S. and Dorothy P. Schmitt Professor at Case Western Reserve University Nathalie Huegler is studying towards a PhD at London Metropolitan University Nigel Hall is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Work at Kingston University Klappentext This Handbook interrogates a key issue in the study of social work worldwide. Edited by the most respected researchers in the field, it brings together a truly international array of contributors. Zusammenfassung This Handbook interrogates a key issue in the study of social work worldwide. Edited by the most respected researchers in the field! it brings together a truly international array of contributors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Setting the Scene - Nathalie Huegler, Karen Lyons and Manohar Pawar Globalisation and Indigenisation - Lena Dominelli Reconciling the Irreconcilible in Social Work? Environment and Sustainability - Margaret Alston and Fred H. Besthorn Human Rights - Joseph Wronka and Silvia Staub Bernasconi Poverty, Development and Social Justice - Murli Desai and John Solas Migration, Minorities and Citizenship - Uma Segal and Gerda Heck Political and Organisational Contexts of Social Work Internationally - Malcolm Payne Social Work Theories, Research/Methods and Practices: Critical Perspectives and New Challenges - Narda Razack Social Work Values, Ethics and Professional Regulation - Richard Hugman and Wendy Bowles Social Work Education: The International Dimension - Terry Hokenstad and Karen Lyons Social Work Research - Joan Orme and Synnove Karvinen-Niinikoski Social Work, Economic Conditions and Livelihood - Tatsuru Akimoto and Decha Sungkawan Social Work and Health - Paul Bywaters and Cindy Davis Social Work and Education - Marion Huxtable, Cynthia A. Sottie and Khuajin Ulziitungalag Social Work, Social Justice and Protection: A Reflective Review - Michael Preston-Shoot and Staffan Höjer Social Work and Changing Environments - Jennifer McKinnon and Raquel Sant Ana Social Work, Religion, Culture and Spirituality - Micheal L. Shier and John R. Graham Disaster Management and Humanitarian Action - Golam M. Mathbor and Jennifer Bourassa Social Work, Political Conflict and Displacement - Shulamit Ramon and Reima Ana Maglajlic The Life-Course Perspective and Changing Context of Families - Murli Desai Childhood and Youth in International Context: Life Course Perspectives - Letnie Rock, Jeff Karabanow and Kathleen Manion Adulthood - Some Comparative and International Perspectives - Ruby Chau Older Persons and Social Work: A Global Perspective - M. C. "Terry" Hokenstad, Jr., Ph.D. and Amy Restorick Roberts, Ph.D. Candidate Social Work in Africa - Lengwe-K. Mwansa and Linda Kreitzer Social Work in Southern and Eastern Asia - Manohar Pawar and Ming-sum Tsui Social Work in Australasia - Liz Beddoe and Heather Fraser Social Work in Europe - Sue Lawrence and Darja Zavirsek The Middle East: Expanding Social Work to Address 21st Century Concerns - Sahar Al-Makhamreh and Kathryn Libal Social Work in Latin America - Mahia Saracostti, Taly Reiniger and Henry Parada Social Work in North America and the Caribbean - Julia Watkins and Jennifer Holden Dolly ...

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Karen Lyons is Honorary Professor at London Metropolitan University.

Manohar Pawar is Lecturer at Charles Sturt University.

Terry Hokenstad is Ralph S. and Dorothy P. Schmitt Professor at Case Western Reserve University

Nathalie Huegler is studying towards a PhD at London Metropolitan University

Nigel Hall is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Work at Kingston University

Inhalt

Setting the Scene - Nathalie Huegler, Karen Lyons and Manohar Pawar
Globalisation and Indigenisation - Lena Dominelli
Reconciling the Irreconcilible in Social Work?
Environment and Sustainability - Margaret Alston and Fred H. Besthorn
Human Rights - Joseph Wronka and Silvia Staub Bernasconi
Poverty, Development and Social Justice - Murli Desai and John Solas
Migration, Minorities and Citizenship - Uma Segal and Gerda Heck
Political and Organisational Contexts of Social Work Internationally - Malcolm Payne
Social Work Theories, Research/Methods and Practices: Critical Perspectives and New Challenges - Narda Razack
Social Work Values, Ethics and Professional Regulation - Richard Hugman and Wendy Bowles
Social Work Education: The International Dimension - Terry Hokenstad and Karen Lyons
Social Work Research - Joan Orme and Synnove Karvinen-Niinikoski
Social Work, Economic Conditions and Livelihood - Tatsuru Akimoto and Decha Sungkawan
Social Work and Health - Paul Bywaters and Cindy Davis
Social Work and Education - Marion Huxtable, Cynthia A. Sottie and Khuajin Ulziitungalag
Social Work, Social Justice and Protection: A Reflective Review - Michael Preston-Shoot and Staffan Höjer
Social Work and Changing Environments - Jennifer McKinnon and Raquel Sant Ana
Social Work, Religion, Culture and Spirituality - Micheal L. Shier and John R. Graham
Disaster Management and Humanitarian Action - Golam M. Mathbor and Jennifer Bourassa
Social Work, Political Conflict and Displacement - Shulamit Ramon and Reima Ana Maglajlic
The Life-Course Perspective and Changing Context of Families - Murli Desai
Childhood and Youth in International Context: Life Course Perspectives - Letnie Rock, Jeff Karabanow and Kathleen Manion
Adulthood - Some Comparative and International Perspectives - Ruby Chau
Older Persons and Social Work: A Global Perspective - M. C. "Terry" Hokenstad, Jr., Ph.D. and Amy Restorick Roberts, Ph.D. Candidate
Social Work in Africa - Lengwe-K. Mwansa and Linda Kreitzer
Social Work in Southern and Eastern Asia - Manohar Pawar and Ming-sum Tsui
Social Work in Australasia - Liz Beddoe and Heather Fraser
Social Work in Europe - Sue Lawrence and Darja Zavirsek
The Middle East: Expanding Social Work to Address 21st Century Concerns - Sahar Al-Makhamreh and Kathryn Libal
Social Work in Latin America - Mahia Saracostti, Taly Reiniger and Henry Parada
Social Work in North America and the Caribbean - Julia Watkins and Jennifer Holden Dolly