Global social work: crossing borders, blurring boundaries: Recent submissions
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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 -
Social work education in the post-socialist and post-modern era: the case of Ukraine
Published 2014-09-08During the last decade there have been significant changes in social work observed in many post-socialist and post-Soviet countries (Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Georgia etc.). The aim of this chapter is to introduce the ...Open AccessBook chapter