Research Catalog

Title

Understanding international social work : a critical analysis / Richard Hugman.

Author

Hugman, Richard, 1954-

Publication

• Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2010.
• Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
• ©2010.

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Details

Description

xii, 194 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"From its earliest days, social work has been international. Practitioners, educators, researchers and students work across national borders. Service users move between countries. And globalization has an ever-increasing impact on social issues. This absorbing text argues that understanding international social work is more than just 'knowing about other countries', instead there is a need for a greater breadth of vision and depth of understanding." "This book presents a critical analysis of international social work, examining theories, practices and organizational structures. Offering an inclusive vision for the future of social work internationally, this book is essential reading for practitioners and students of social work around the world."--Jacket.

Subject

• Social service
• Social service > Case studies
• Social problems > Cross-cultural studies
• Human services > Cross-cultural studies
• Social service > Cross-cultural studies
• Globalization
• globalism
• Travail social
• Travailleurs sociaux
• Développement social
• Etudes de cas
• Social problems
• Human services
• Sozialarbeit
• Globalisierung
• Armut
• Soziale Ungleichheit
• Sozialarbeit
• Globalisierung
• Internationale Kooperation
• Social service > fallstudier
• Monde

Genre/Form

• Cross-cultural studies.
• Case studies.
• Études de cas.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction -- the global growth of social work -- The early days of professional social work -- Social work internationally post-1945 -- Social work and globalization -- The nation state and globalization -- Is social work Global? -- The framework of this book -- 2. Different visions of 'international' in social work -- The elements of international social work -- Social work(ers) in other countries -- International clients -- Working with international organizations -- Social work exchanges -- Global/Local social issues -- Forms of international practice -- some broader issues -- Concluding remarks -- 3. Social work with international issues -- Focusing on international issues -- Refugees, asylum seekers and forced migrants -- Human trafficking -- Natural disasters -- Poverty -- Indigenous peoples -- International social work issues -- 4. Social work and the UN millennium development goals -- The UN millennium development goals in context -- The millennium development goals -- Implications for social work -- What of poverty alleviation? -- Broadening the role of social work? -- 5. Different forms of social work: a pluralistic and inclusive view -- What is social work? -- Different forms of social work? -- The view from the (global) North -- The view from the (global) South -- Is social development the missing link? -- Combining the micro and the macro: implications for professionalization -- Implications for imnternational social work.
• 6. The organizational contexts of international social work -- International social work organizations -- International non-government organizations -- The United Nations and its agencies -- The International professional organizations -- Locating social work in organizations -- 7. International perspectives on social work education and training -- The Global standards -- Against the global standards -- Recent developments in social work education: three examples -- International issues in social work education -- International social work education -- Global as a contradiction in social work education -- 8. The possibility of an international social work ethics -- Social work ethics and values -- Social work ethics, universalism and (cultural) relativism -- The particular issue of human rights -- And what of social justice? -- Human rights and social justice together -- Rethinking human rights? -- The Implications for international social work -- 9. Professional imperialism: a concept revisited -- Midgley's analysis -- Indigenization and authentization revisited? -- An example of authentization in practice: Vietnam -- Reversing the process: bringing it all back home? -- Social work: one entity or many? -- 10. International social work: issues for the future -- Thinking about international social work -- Universalism versus localism -- Visions of international social work -- Lessons for social work.

ISBN

• 9780230219595
• 0230219594

LCCN

2010459086

OCLC

• ocn430839572
• 430839572
• SCSB-1554361

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library