Global social work: crossing borders, blurring boundaries: Recent submissions
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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 -
Social work education in the United Kingdom
Published 2014-09-08This chapter examines key areas in social work education theory, practice, and research in the UK, including the main methods used and the client groups with whom social workers engage. The chapter sketches the origins and ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Reflections of an activist social worker: challenging human rights violations
Published 2014-09-08Activism in social work can arise from practitioner wisdom that prompts action to respond to human rights violations. This paper offers reflections on the Eileen Younghusband keynote address in South Africa in 2008. I ...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 -
Social work education: current trends and future directions
Published 2014-09-08This chapter deals with changing patterns of social work education in a rapidly globalising world. Neoliberalism and advances in information technology are creating spaces for cross-border, virtual education as never before. ...Open AccessBook chapter