Full Description
Through its global approach, Sowers and Rowe's book encourages students to think critically about oppression and social justice issues at home and around the world. As a fundamental premise, the book establishes that social work practice needs to move from the local to the global in order for social justice to prevail. By shifting toward the broader study of institutional oppression and social justice advocacy, the authors also address the CSWE requirement to provide global content in the undergraduate and graduate curriculums. Throughout the text, articles, quotes and examples powerfully illustrate the key issues.
Contents
Part I. GLOBAL SOCIAL WORK1. The Evolution of Social Work Around the World.2. Social Work Throughout the World.3. Global Standards for Social Work Practice: Implications for Generalist Practice.Part II. A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE IS A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE: SAMPLE POPULATIONS.4. Social Work Practice with Children and Youth.5. Social Work Practice with Women and Girls.6. Social Work Practice with the Elderly.Part III. SOCIAL CHALLENGES AND PRACTICE APPROACHES FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.7. Poverty Around the World.8. Mental Health.9. Substance Abuse.10. Developmental/Physical Disability.11. Health.12. Crime and Justice.13. Stress, Trauma, and Crisis Intervention.Part IV. MACRO PERSPECTIVES.14. Community Development.15. Future Trends in Global Social Work Practice.
