Global social work: crossing borders, blurring boundaries: Recent submissions
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Social work education in Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia
Published 2014-09-08Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia have unique histories which have strongly shaped the development of social work education within their settings. This chapter explores the commonalities and differences of each country ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Social work education in Indonesia: challenges and reforms
Published 2014-09-08The social work profession in Indonesia has not yet become a desirable occupation that parents would like their children to take up, as opposed to a doctor or an engineer. This is partly because the profession is not widely ...Open AccessBook chapter -
The current status and future challenges of social work education in South Korea
Published 2014-09-08The growth in the number of social workers in the past six decades has been accompanied by a dramatic shift in social work education in South Korea. However, the quality of social work education was not fully considered. ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Contesting the neoliberal global agenda: lessons from activists
Published 2014-09-08With the ongoing failure of governments to protect their citizens from impacts of the neoliberal global agenda, civil society groups worldwide have moved into the breach. Social workers, as allies of these groups, are ...Open AccessBook chapter -
The Nordic welfare model, civil society and social work
Published 2014-09-08Over several years the United Nations (UN) has been ranking the Nordic populations amongst the happiest in the world. One of the factors that seem to contribute to the happiness is an underlying trust between people. Another ...Open AccessBook chapter