Contemporary Social Work Studies – serie
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Reflecting on Social Work - Discipline and Profession
Av Karen Lyons, Robin Lovelock
Häftad, 2016
796 kr
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Social work has always been a contested activity and its status as an academic discipline remains uncertain. There is currently renewed interest in the theoretical and research dimensions of social work, at a time when significant changes in the broad social, political and economic context in which …
Reflecting on Social Work - Discipline and Profession
Av Karen Lyons, Robin Lovelock
Inbunden, 2004
2508 kr
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Social work has always been a contested activity and its status as an academic discipline remains uncertain. There is currently renewed interest in the theoretical and research dimensions of social work, at a time when significant changes in the broad social, political and economic context in which …
Beyond Racial Divides
Ethnicities in Social Work Practice
Av Lena Dominelli, Walter Lorenz
Inbunden, 2001
2508 kr
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Written by leading authorities in the field, this challenging book addresses complex issues of ethnicity and racial discrimination in ways that encourage further debate and analysis. Its main theme is that social work has been and remains, deeply implicated in racist policies and practices that …
Towards Glocal Social Work in the Era of Compressed Modernity
Av Timo Harrikari, Pirkko-Liisa Rauhala
Häftad, 2020
645 kr
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This book addresses the change of social work in the frame of modernisation. Through Mary Richmond’s classical idea of social work, the book seeks to set current societal trends affecting social work into the context of a long historical line, opening spaces for the new debates within the social …
Broadening Horizons
International Exchanges in Social Work
Av Wanda Thomas Bernard, Lena Dominelli
Häftad, 2020
645 kr
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While the remit of social work professionals is, in general, locality-based, social work has a long tradition of concern about international issues. Broadening Horizons provides an engaging and original contribution to the debate on how to tackle social work problems on a global scale. Filling both …
Broadening Horizons
International Exchanges in Social Work
Av Wanda Thomas Bernard, Lena Dominelli
Inbunden, 2003
2508 kr
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While the remit of social work professionals is, in general, locality-based, social work has a long tradition of concern about international issues. Broadening Horizons provides an engaging and original contribution to the debate on how to tackle social work problems on a global scale. Filling both …
Social Work in a Corporate Era
Practices of Power and Resistance
Av Linda Davies, Peter Leonard
Inbunden, 2004
2733 kr
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A striking new feature of the welfare systems in many Western countries is the extent to which market relations have permeated social services. Conceptions of 'risk management' now dominate the way parents and children are responded to, while new technologies aim to 'measure' their relationship …
Indigenous Social Work around the World
Towards Culturally Relevant Education and Practice
Av John Coates, Mel Gray
Inbunden, 2008
1963 kr
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How can mainstream Western social work learn from and in turn help advance indigenous practice? This volume brings together prominent international scholars involved in both Western and indigenous social work across the globe - including James Midgley, Linda Briskman, Alean Al-Krenawi and John R. …
Towards Glocal Social Work in the Era of Compressed Modernity
Av Timo Harrikari, Pirkko-Liisa Rauhala
Inbunden, 2018
2501 kr
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This book addresses the change of social work in the frame of modernisation. Through Mary Richmond’s classical idea of social work, the book seeks to set current societal trends affecting social work into the context of a long historical line, opening spaces for the new debates within the social …
Working with Ethnic Minorities and Across Cultures in Western Child Protection Systems
Inbunden, 2016
2501 kr
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Multiculturalism in Western countries continues to grow, but responsiveness to it with culturally sensitive research, policy and practice has been slower to develop. This lag could be accused of enabling institutional racism – that is, culturally insensitive practices and policies can cause or …
Working with Ethnic Minorities and Across Cultures in Western Child Protection Systems
Häftad, 2016
804 kr
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Multiculturalism in Western countries continues to grow, but responsiveness to it with culturally sensitive research, policy and practice has been slower to develop. This lag could be accused of enabling institutional racism – that is, culturally insensitive practices and policies can cause or …
Decolonizing Social Work
Av Mel Gray, John Coates m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
891 kr
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Riding on the success of Indigenous Social Work Around the World, this book provides case studies to further scholarship on decolonization, a major analytical and activist paradigm among many of the world’s Indigenous Peoples, including educators, tribal leaders, activists, scholars, politicians, …
Beyond Racial Divides
Ethnicities in Social Work Practice
Av Lena Dominelli, Walter Lorenz
Häftad, 2016
819 kr
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Written by leading authorities in the field, this challenging book addresses complex issues of ethnicity and racial discrimination in ways that encourage further debate and analysis. Its main theme is that social work has been and remains, deeply implicated in racist policies and practices that …
Practice and Research
Av Ian F. Shaw
Häftad, 2016
891 kr
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Practice and Research is an overview of Professor Ian Shaw's analysis of the complexity and challenges of the practice/research relationship in social work - a theme that has been the focus of much of his writing over his career. Introduced with a new essay that reflects on the 'serendipity, …
Social Work in a Corporate Era
Practices of Power and Resistance
Av Linda Davies, Peter Leonard
Häftad, 2019
804 kr
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A striking new feature of the welfare systems in many Western countries is the extent to which market relations have permeated social services. Conceptions of 'risk management' now dominate the way parents and children are responded to, while new technologies aim to 'measure' their relationship …
Indigenous Social Work around the World
Towards Culturally Relevant Education and Practice
Av John Coates, Mel Gray
Häftad, 2010
804 kr
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How can mainstream Western social work learn from and in turn help advance indigenous practice? This volume brings together prominent international scholars involved in both Western and indigenous social work across the globe - including James Midgley, Linda Briskman, Alean Al-Krenawi and John R. …
Intercountry Adoption
Policies, Practices, and Outcomes
Av Karen Smith Rotabi, Judith L. Gibbons
Inbunden, 2012
2501 kr
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Intercountry adoption represents a significant component of international migration; in recent years, up to 45,000 children have crossed borders annually as part of the intercountry adoption boom. Proponents have touted intercountry adoption as a natural intervention for promoting child welfare. …
Decolonizing Social Work
Av Mel Gray, John Coates m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2733 kr
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Riding on the success of Indigenous Social Work Around the World, this book provides case studies to further scholarship on decolonization, a major analytical and activist paradigm among many of the world’s Indigenous Peoples, including educators, tribal leaders, activists, scholars, politicians, …
Practice and Research
Av Ian F. Shaw
Inbunden, 2012
2733 kr
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Practice and Research is an overview of Professor Ian Shaw's analysis of the complexity and challenges of the practice/research relationship in social work - a theme that has been the focus of much of his writing over his career. Introduced with a new essay that reflects on the 'serendipity, …
Intercountry Adoption
Policies, Practices, and Outcomes
Av Karen Smith Rotabi, Judith L. Gibbons
Häftad, 2015
949 kr
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Intercountry adoption represents a significant component of international migration; in recent years, up to 45,000 children have crossed borders annually as part of the intercountry adoption boom. Proponents have touted intercountry adoption as a natural intervention for promoting child welfare. …
