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Social Work in Extremis
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 199

Social Work in Extremis

This important book looks at social work responses in different countries to extreme social, economic and political situations including war situations, military regimes, earthquakes and tsunamis.

Global Social Work in a Political Context
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 216

Global Social Work in a Political Context

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-01-10
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  • Publisher: Policy Press

How is social work shaped by global issues and international problems and how should it address them? Taking a radical perspective, this book reveals what we can learn from different approaches from across the globe.

Social Work and the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 162

Social Work and the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-10-19
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  • Publisher: Policy Press

As the world grapples with the complex impacts of COVID-19, this book provides an urgent critical exploration of how Social Work can and should respond to this global crisis. The book considers the ecological, epidemiological, ideological and political conditions which gave rise to the pandemic, before examining the ways that social work has responded in different nations across the Global North and Global South. This series of nation studies examine good practices and suggest new ways to renew and regenerate social work moving on from COVID-19. Contributors also reflect on the key themes that have emerged, including a rise in domestic violence and the ways that the pandemic has disproportionately affected those in working class and minority communities, exacerbating existing inequalities.

Social Work's Histories of Complicity and Resistance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 302

Social Work's Histories of Complicity and Resistance

Social work is often presented as a benevolent and politically neutral profession, avoiding discussion about its sometimes troubling political histories. This book rethinks social work's legacy and history of both political resistance and complicity with oppressive and punitive practices. Using a comparative approach with international case studies, the book uncovers the role of social workers in politically tense episodes of recent history, including the anti-racist struggle in the US and the impact of colonialism in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. As the de-colonisation of curricula and the Black Lives Matter movement gain momentum, this fascinating book skilfully navigates social work's collective political past while considering its future.

Social Work Education and Training
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 226

Social Work Education and Training

Excellent social work education and training is vital for ensuring best practice, and it is important to understand the key approaches and methods in order to provide the best teaching and ensure effective learning. This volume provides an overview of social work education, including the background and current context. It covers the key debates surrounding social work education, such as the evaluation of social work education, the use of IT, research-mindedness, and the effectiveness of interdisciplinary education. The book also offers guidance on effective teaching and learning approaches tailored to the needs of social work educators, covering teaching within a higher education institution, on student practice placements, and in post-qualifying settings. This will be an indispensable text for educators and trainers in the field of social work.

Radical Social Work Today
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 250

Radical Social Work Today

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the seminal text Radical Social Work (1975), this volume has been compiled to explore the radical tradition within social work and assess its legacy, relevance and prospects. It is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduates studying social work, as well as social work academics and researchers.

Transnational Social Work
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 288

Transnational Social Work

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-02-07
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  • Publisher: Policy Press

An international comparison of labour markets, migrant professionals and immigration policies, and their interaction in relation to social work.

COVID-19, the Global South and the Pandemic’s Development Impact
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

COVID-19, the Global South and the Pandemic’s Development Impact

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-10-03
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  • Publisher: Policy Press

This book examines the unique implications of the pandemic in the Global South. International contributors investigate the pandemic's effects on development, medicine, gender (in)equality and human rights among other issues.

Adoption, Memory, and Cold War Greece
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 351

Adoption, Memory, and Cold War Greece

Reveals the history of how 3,000 Greek children were shipped to the United States for adoption in the postwar period

The Battle for Bodies, Hearts and Minds in Postwar Greece
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 285

The Battle for Bodies, Hearts and Minds in Postwar Greece

The previously unpublished memoir of social worker Charles Schermerhorn offers new and eye-opening source material pertaining to the epicenter of the early Cold War: northern Greece. This book brings this memoir to light to enrich the discussion about the Greek Civil War and the late 1940s, through the highly perceptive views of a firsthand observer of the turmoil. Schermerhorn’s writings speak most compellingly to the power of human agency amid adverse sociopolitical circumstances. His memoir takes a child-centered and social-historical approach to controversial events, filling a great void in our knowledge. This book looks at a single mid-twentieth-century crisis in multidimensional ways...