Full Description
The Research Handbook on Social Work and Societies explores how the global definition of social work has been translated into practice in different countries and with different client groups.. Hugh McLaughlin and Barbra Teater and their impressive team of contributors, examine the ways in which social work is conceptualised, valued and applied in varying international contexts.
This Handbook rethinks conventional paradigms surrounding social work, illustrating that it is not a fixed entity and suggesting avenues for policy reform. It outlines new opportunities for learning, practice and research between and within nations and client groups. Chapters investigate case studies from across Asia, Europe, North and South America, and Oceania, analysing social work practices amongst communities, migrants and refugees, older adults and individuals with intellectual disabilities. The Research Handbook critically reflects on indigenous, adversarial and international perspectives considering alternative futures for organising social work to positively impact service users and their communities.
Scholars, and students of social work, sociology, sociological theory and comparative social policy will greatly benefit from this forward-thinking Research Handbook. It is also an essential resource for students of welfare states, as well as practitioners and policymakers in social work and those working to reduce inequalities.
Contents
Contents
1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Social Work and Societies
Hugh McLaughlin and Barbra Teater
PART I GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIETY
2 An overview of contemporary social work in Argentina
Melisa Campana Alabarce, Mariana Servio, Mariela Morandi and
Maité Muñoa
3 Social work education and practice in Australia
Christine Morley
4 Social work in Flanders (Belgium): state-civil society relationships under pressure
Peter Raeymaeckers, Mieke Schrooten and Liesbeth Naessens
5 100 years of social work in Chile: research trajectories and challenges for
the production of knowledge for the future
Gabriela Rubliar Donoso and Gianinna Muñoz Arce
6 Social work in mainland China: achievement and challenges since 1987
Yajun Song and Xuesong He
7 Social work in Greece
Sofia Dedotsi and Georgia-Eleni Lempesi
8 "The crisis of the profession or social workers in the trap": challenges for
social work in Hungary
Judit Csoba
9 Social work in Malaysia
Azlinda Azman, Paramjit Singh, Jamir Singh, Sara Ashencaen
Crabtree and Jonathan Parker
10 Social work in Aotearoa New Zealand
Liz Beddoe
11 Social work in South Africa
Stephan Geyer and Linda Harms-Smith
12 Social work in the United Kindgom
Helen Scholar and Lynda Shentall
13 The United States social welfare state
Jamie Borgan
14 Social work as a profession in Vietnam: an overview
Dinh Phuong Linh
PART II RESEARCH AND CLIENT GROUPS
15 The protection of children in England
Ciarán Murphy
16 Mending the gaps in times of polarisation and social exclusion
Cecilia Heule and Helen Casey
17 Why the affirmation model is important for social work practice
Colin Cameron
18 Social work practice with individuals with intellectual disabilities
Sabretta G. Alford
19 Social work and LGBTQ+ individuals and groups
Jason Schaub, Cecilia Dubois, Dora Jandric and Willem Stander
20 Social work and people who use drugs: implications for practice and
research in the United States
Lindsey Cantelme, Nika Hernandez and Natasha Mendoza
21 Social work practice with older adults
Sabretta G. Alford and Bobbie Watkins
22 Tiptoeing across colonial borders: what migrants and refugees can teach
us about learning and intervention in social work - some insight from the
CAPAZ project
Emilio José Gómez-Ciriano
23 International community development
Bobbie Watkins
24 Food justice: social work's unrealized justice in the United States
Carla Silva
PART III SOCIAL WORK AND COUNTRIES IN CONFLICT
25 The structural approach to and politicization of social work: development
and struggle in Hong Kong
Raymond K. H. Chan
26 Social work in Northern Ireland: learning from the past, looking to the future
Joe Duffy and Joe Coulter
27 U-PREPARE for conflict in an urban environment: a model for advocacy
and social change
Paul Archibald, Kevin Daniels and Georgia Jennings
PART IV SOCIAL WORK AND INDIGENOUS VOICES
28 Truth and justice: First Nations Australians and thought leadership in social work
Bindi Bennett
29 Indigenous voices in Nepal and Canadian social work: reflections from
three scholars
Bala Raju Nikku, Yunisha Katuwal and Shannon John
30 'Keep the colours in the lines': a Tangata Whenua and Tangata Tiriti
perspective on social work education
Paulé Ruwhiu and Thirusha Naidoo
31 Indigenous knowledge, social work education, and practice in Nigeria:
charting the path for a sustainable future
Chinwe U. Nnama-Okechukwu
32 Embracing traditional indigenous knowledge in the field of social work:
exploring hurdles to overcome and paths for progress
Melissa Riley
33 Conclusion: looking ahead
Barbra Teater and Hugh McLaughlin
