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International social work education: the Canadian context
Published 2014-09-08In this chapter I analyse themes that emerge from scholarship on international social work education in the Canadian context. I focus on international student exchanges in my analysis through a centring of the multicultu ...Open AccessBook chapter -
No issue, no politics: towards a New Left in social work education
Published 2014-09-08This chapter articulates a new politics for social work education in light of its public statements on confronting injustice and inequality (Global Agenda, International Federation of Social Workers, International Association ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Social work education and training in southern and east Africa: yesterday, today and tomorrow
Published 2014-09-08In Africa, social work is considered a young profession, as it was imported from the West at the beginning of the last century. Critics have expressed concern that African social work education, because of its Western ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Indigenism and Australian social work
Published 2014-09-08Indigenism is a concept that has emerged over the last 20 years as a result of the engagement of Indigenous academics with research. It is a way of claiming a space within research for Aboriginal knowledge systems and ways ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Economic crises, neoliberalism, and the US welfare state: trends, outcomes and political struggle
Published 2014-09-08The rise of neoliberalism in the US represents a response to the second economic crisis of the 20th century. Seeking to restore profits and economic growth, neoliberal proponents called for redistributing income upwards ...Open AccessBook chapter