How is social work shaped by global issues and international problems and how should it address them? Taking a radical perspective, this book reveals what we can learn from different approaches from across the globe.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction, Global Social Work in a Political Context;
Part 1: The Political Context of Contemporary Social Work;
The Political Economy of Social Work;
Neoliberalism, social work and the state: retreat or restructuring?;
The privatisation of social work and social care;
Part 2: Social Work Politics: Past and Present;
Social Work's Horrible Histories;
Social work as a praxis for liberation: the case of Latin American Reconceptualization;
Refugees, Migrants and Social Work;
Social work, climate change and the Anthropocene;
Part 3: Debating the Politics of Social Work Today;
A New Politics of Social Work?;
The case for a social justice based global social work definition;
Conclusion: Making history.
