Iain Ferguson & Vasilios Ioakimidis 
Global Social Work in a Political Context [EPUB ebook] 
Radical Perspectives

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How is social work shaped by global issues and international problems and how should it address them? This book employs a radical perspective to examine international social work.

Globalisation had opened up many issues for social work, including how to address global inequalities, the impact of global economic problems and trends towards neoliberalism. By examining the origins of modern social work, problematising its definition and addressing the care/control dichotomy the book reveals what we can learn from different approaches and projects across the globe.

Case studies from the UK, the US, Canada, Spain, Latin America, Australia, Hungary and Greece bring the text to life and allow both students and practitioners to apply theory to practice.

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Table of Content

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.

About the author

Michael Lavalette is a Professor in the Department of Social Work, Care and Justice at Liverpool Hope Univeristy. He has published widely on radical social work and contemporary social movements. He is co-editor of Critical and Radical Social Work journal.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 216 ● ISBN 9781447322696 ● File size 2.1 MB ● Publisher Policy Press ● City Bristol ● Country GB ● Published 2018 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5588636 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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