Stanley L Witkin is a professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of Vermont, USA and co-founder of the Global Partnership for Transformative Social Work (www.gptsw.net). He has been a Fulbright scholar in Finland and Ireland and has held visiting scholar appointments at universities in Canada, the UK, Israel, Australia, Finland and Hong Kong. Recent publications include topics such as social work and social construction, autoethnography, social justice, and transformative change.

A book that is of great significance and contribution to social work scholars, students, educators, practitioners and policy makers.

• Chapter One Social Construction as a Transforming FrameworkChapter Two Revisioning Social Work EthicsChapter Three Human Rights: a Critical AnalysisChapter Four Difference, Noticing and Cultural CompetenceChapter Five Social Work as Risky BusinessChapter Six Re-constructing the Strengths PerspectiveChapter Seven Discourses of Globalism and Social Work PracticeChapter Eight Knowledge and Evidence: Exploring the Practice-Research Relationship.

Stanley L Witkin is a professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of Vermont, USA and co-founder of the Global Partnership for Transformative Social Work (www.gptsw.net). He has been a Fulbright scholar in Finland and Ireland and has held visiting scholar appointments at universities in Canada, the UK, Israel, Australia, Finland and Hong Kong. Recent publications include topics such as social work and social construction, autoethnography, social justice, and transformative change.

A book that is of great significance and contribution to social work scholars, students, educators, practitioners and policy makers.

• Chapter One Social Construction as a Transforming FrameworkChapter Two Revisioning Social Work EthicsChapter Three Human Rights: a Critical AnalysisChapter Four Difference, Noticing and Cultural CompetenceChapter Five Social Work as Risky BusinessChapter Six Re-constructing the Strengths PerspectiveChapter Seven Discourses of Globalism and Social Work PracticeChapter Eight Knowledge and Evidence: Exploring the Practice-Research Relationship.