Global social work: crossing borders, blurring boundaries: Recent submissions
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Envisioning a professional identity: charting pathways through social work education in India
Published 2014-09-08This paper presents an overview of social work as a profession in India, tracing its historical beginnings, philosophical base, dominant practice perspectives, its relevance in the country’s current socioeconomic and ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Social work education as a catalyst for social change and social development: case study of a Master of Social Work Program in China
Published 2014-09-08In response to the urgent need for professionally trained social workers to help in alleviating emerging social problems in China after the introduction of the market economy, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Social work education in the United States: beyond boundaries
Published 2014-09-08Today in the United States of America, social work education at the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels enjoys high demand, while continuously evolving in response to its environment and the changing context of ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Transnational social work: a new paradigm with perspectives
Published 2014-09-08In the course of its professionalisation, social work seems to have got trapped in national social policy frames while our world is increasingly marked by transnational processes. Due to its structural location within ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Towards identifying a philosophical basis of social work
Published 2014-09-08Social work has absorbed and adapted major theories from related disciplines since its inception as an applied discipline over 100 years ago. These positions have been used to construct its ethical underpinnings and its ...Open AccessBook chapter