TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ferguson,Iain
AU  - Loakimidis, Vasilios. 
AU  - Lavalette,Michael. 
TI  - Global social work in a political context : : radical perspectives 
SN  - 9781447322672
AV  - HV40 FER 
PY  - 2018///.
PB  - Policy Press, 
KW  - Social service
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - International cooperation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: global social work in a political context --
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 --
Social work politics: past and present. Social work's horrible histories: collusion and resistance --
Social work as a praxis for liberation: the case of Latin American reconceptualisation --
Refugees, migrants and social work --
Social work, climate change and the Anthropocene --
Debating the politics of social work today. A new politics of social work? --
The case for a social justice-based global social work definition --
Conclusions: 'making history'
N2  - How is social work shaped by global issues and international problems and how should it address them? Taking a radical perspective, this work reveals what we can learn from different approaches from across the globe
ER  -