Iain Ferguson, Vasilios Ioakimidis

Global Social Work in a Political Context (eBook, ePUB)

Radical Perspectives

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How is social work shaped by global issues and international problems and how should it address them? This book employs a radical perspective to examine international social work. Globalisation had opened up many issues for social work, including how to address global inequalities, the impact of global economic problems and trends towards neoliberalism. By examining the origins of modern social work, problematising its definition and addressing the care/control dichotomy the book reveals what we can learn from different approaches and projects across the globe. Case studies from the UK, the US, Canada, Spain, Latin America, Australia, Hungary and Greece bring the text to life and allow both students and practitioners to apply theory to practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447322696
• Artikelnr.: 50718158

Autorenporträt

Iain Ferguson is Honorary Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of the West of Scotland and co-editor of Critical and Radical Social Work: an International Journal. Vasilios Ioakimidis is Professor of Social Work and Director of the Centre for Social Work at the University of Essex. Michael Lavalette has published widely on radical social work and contemporary social movements. He is co-editor of Critical and Radical Social Work journal.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Global Social Work in a Political Context
Part 1: The Political Context of Contemporary Social Work
The Political Economy of Social Work
Neoliberalism, social work and the state: retreat or restructuring?
The privatisation of social work and social care
Part 2: Social Work Politics: Past and Present
Social Work's Horrible Histories
Social work as a praxis for liberation: the case of Latin American Reconceptualization
Refugees, Migrants and Social Work
Social work, climate change and the Anthropocene
Part 3: Debating the Politics of Social Work Today
A New Politics of Social Work?
The case for a social justice based global social work definition
Conclusion: Making history.