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Global social work in a political context : radical perspectives / created by Iain Ferguson; Vasilios Loakimidis and Michael Lavalette

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Policy Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 210 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781447322672
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV40 FER
Contents:
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'.
Summary: 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.
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Book Book School of Social Work Library Open Shelf HV40 FER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 156102 Available BK143618

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'.

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.

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