Description
Comparative themes in social work are becoming an important part of social work teaching programmes and are likely to become more so as the new social work degree becomes established.
The book grapples with the implications for social work practice of the global social justice/ anti-corporate and anti-capitalist movement. Many social work practitioners are actively involved in this movement which raises important theoretical and research questions.
This is the first book to look in depth at the effects of globalisation on social work.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Social Work, Social Welfare and the Impact of Neo-liberal Globalisation 1. Social Work in Mexico: Towards a Different Practice 2. Neoliberalism in Argentina, Social Policy, Welfare and the Conditions for the Development of Social Work 3. Social Work and Social Development 4. Changes in Social Policy and the Social Services in Senegal 5. New Arenas for Social Intervention in France: Addressing Integration, Social Control and Racialisation Part 2: Neo-liberal Globalisation and its Impact on SocialWorkers and Clients 6. Globalisation, Neo-liberal Managerialism and UK Social Work 7. The Neo-liberal Assault: Voices from the Frontline of British State Social Work 8. Through the Eye of a Needle: The Challenge of Getting Justice in Australia if you're Indigenous or Seeking Asylum 9. Compromise, Collaboration and Colllective Resistance: Different Strategies in the Face of the War on Asylum Seekers 10. Educating for Justice: Challenges and Openings in the Context of Globalisation Part 3: Plotting a WayForward? 11. Americn Exceptionalism and Critical Social Work: A Retrospective and Prospective Analysis 12. Working in a Different Space: Linking Social Work and Social Development 13. Popular Resistance to Global Corporate Rule: The Role of Social Work (With a Little Help from Gramsci and Freire) 14. ''Another World is Possible'': Social Work and the Struggle for Social Justice
