This text offers a comprehensive overview of the key aspects of globalisation, their impact on social work and the resulting challenges in practice. The authors draw on post-colonialism to consider the global issues facing social work, such as mass migration, and the ways in which social workers can respond to such difficulties.
GAI HARRISON is Lecturer at the School of Social Work and Human Services, University of Queensland, Australia. Her research interests revolve around international social work, immigration, language and working with difference.
ROSE MELVILLE is Senior Lecturer at the Social Policy Unit and Honours Coordinator of the Bachelor of Social Work course at the School of Social Work and Human Services, University of Queensland, Australia. She has published widely in national and international journals on teaching, social policy and non-profit organizations.
Title: Rethinking Social Work in a Global World
Author: Harrison, Gai
ISBN: 9780230201354
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Date: 2009-11-30
Number of Pages: 216
Weight: 0.3221 kg
As a student of International Social Work, I would like to thank Dr. Gai Harrison and Dr. Rose Melville for writing a comprehensive, easy to read and easy to understand textbook. Rethinking Social Work in a Global World is a beautiful book and it is one that I will keep in my library and refer back to over my career as a social worker. I believe that the book covers the main topics of globalisation well and will remain current (contextually) due to the way that it is written and the wealth of knowledge that has been embedded within it. Thank you for creating a book that gives specific examples from the real world, which is of the utmost importance for students. Due to the universal context of the book, I would challenge anyone to ascertain the nationality of the authors. Thank you for a gift of writing that is clear, concise and very contemporary. I love your book. Well done! -Anne Burstinghaus, 2nd year social work student 'This book is relevant to all students of social work, practitioners -regardless of setting or type of practice, and educators. It recognises the importance of adopting global, local and historical perspectives to all aspects of social work practice. It advocates a reconsideration of some restrictions to practice and suggests that educators not only locate social work in a global milieu but consider what it is that students require to practice in such a context.' - Susan Wallace, University of Edinburgh, Practice: Social Work in Action
