About the Book
Global social transformation calls for global social action. 2010 saw the launch of The Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development, which detailed how social workers can strive to bring about increased social justice. The time is right to start to address and demonstrate the actions that might be required to develop and accomplish the Agenda - with regard to methods in practice and research, in social policy and social work education, and in a broader discourse of global commitment and cooperation.
This informative and incisively written edited collection brings together experts from around the world to discuss issues which the social work and social welfare sectors face every day and to ensure a closer link between evidence-based practice, policy objectives and social development goals. Furthermore, this book reveals how these may affect the conditions of people and demonstrate how the social work and social development community can contribute to sustainable development.
Table of Contents:
Contents: Introduction, Sven Hessle; We Meet as Brothers and Sisters - Human Solidarity in Global Relationships, Malcolm Payne; Desirable Social Policy Consequences of the Arab Spring, Chakib Benmoussa; Social Media and the Arab Spring: `Tunisnews’ as a Model, Mehdi Gharbi; Fighting Poverty and Social Protection: Public procurement law and social services in Europe. A critical perspective, Nikolaus Dimmel; The Congressional social work caucus: a renewed focus on the social safety net, Elisabeth F. Hoffler and Elizabeth J. Clark; Food security and sustainability, Wanda Griep Hirai; Poverty eradication programmes in India: actions taken and impacts made, Manoranjan Pal, Bhola Nath Ghosh and Premananda Bharati; Social Work in Contexts of Political and Military Conflicts: Amandla, ngawethu (the power is with us) finding new social work discourse in movements for change, Linda Smith; Asylum seeker young people: negotiation of social work value conflicts and age assessment in the UK, Sarah Cemlyn and Miriam Nye; Conceptualising popular social work in the context of war: lessons from Lebanon and Palestine, Michael Lavalette; Migration: Challenges and Possibilities: Reflecting on global care chains from the experience of Latin American migrant women, Gioconda Herrera; Migration challenges in Mexico and the US, Alex Munguía Salazar; Migration and climate change, Susana B. Adamo; The situation and migration experiences of Cambodian domestic workers, Julie Drolet and Natalie Drolet; Four factors: assessing refugee survivors of torture in personal and cross-national context, Jane McPherson; Family service center crossroad: use of rehabilitative approach (RA) for social adaptation of Central Asia and Caucasus migrant families with an adolescent, Nina Insarova and Marina Kasyanova; Families in Transition: Social workers’ understanding of `family’ in child welfare work - an international research approach, Lennart Nygren and Siv Oltedal; Family minded policy and practice: a critical analysis of contemporary approaches to vulnerable families, Kate Morris and Nathan Hughes; Families in context - a transnational approach, Erica Righard; International commercial surrogacy: 21st century global families in transition, Claire Achmad; Social Media and its Impact on Social Development: Advancing intercultural competence through the use of technology: the 6 Continents Project, Diana Rowan, Ulrika Järkestig-Berggren, Donna McAuliffe, Innette Cambridge, Annis Fung and Michael Moore; Chatting online with my other mother: the emergence of `virtual contact’, Sarah Greenhow; Transforming Organisations and Creative Practice: Social sustainability and social work: problems and prospects, Karen Healy; Social sustainability: tangible connections, Kay Hoffman; Influences on ethical decision making regarding dual relationships in rural and remote communities, Keith Brownlee, Glenn Halverson and Raymond Neckoway; `The `missing bit’ - emotional intelligence as counterbalance to managerialism, Joanna Rawles; Creative practice: organisational and ethical issues in working outside the rules, Sarah Banks and Kirsten Nøhr; Social workers and policy practice: a cross-national perspective, Idit Weiss-Gal and John Gal; Recognising the Face of the Other: Difference, Identity and Community, Walter A. Lorenz; Appendix; Index.
About the Author :
Sven Hessle is Professor of Social Work at Stockholm University in Sweden and Editor in Chief of The International Journal of Social Welfare.
Sven Hessle, Malcolm Payne, Chakib Benmoussa, Mehdi Gharbi, Nikolaus Dimmel, Elisabeth F. Hoffler, Elizabeth J. Clark, Wanda Griep Hirai, Manoranjan Pal, Bhola Nath Ghosh, Premananda Bharati, Linda Smith, Sarah Cemlyn, Miriam Nye, Michael Lavalette, Gioconda Herrera, Alex Munguía Salazar, Susana B. Adamo, Julie Drolet, Natalie Drolet, Jane McPherson, Nina Insarova, Marina Kasyanova, Lennart Nygren, Siv Oltedal, Kate Morris, Nathan Hughes, Erica Righard, Claire Achmad, Diana Rowan, Ulrika Järkestig-Berggren, Donna McAuliffe, Innette Cambridge, Annis Fung, Michael Moore, Sarah Greenhow, Karen Healy, Kay Hoffman, Keith Brownlee, Glenn Halverson, Raymond Neckoway, Joanna Rawles, Sarah Banks, Kirsten Nøhr, Idit Weiss-Gal, John Gal, Walter A. Lorenz
Review :
'These three volumes [see also Human Rights and Social Equality: Challenges for Social Work and Environmental Change and Sustainable Social Development] have the intention of covering the 'most important social aspects of social work and development in the world today', a writes Sven Hessle, Professor of Social Work at Stockholm University, in the introduction to the volumes. ... The many contributions of three volumes, albeit very diverse in form as well as in substance, provide food for thought about the global agenda.' European Journal of Social Work
'These three volumes [see also Human Rights and Social Equality: Challenges for Social Work and Environmental Change and Sustainable Social Development] have the intention of covering the `most important social aspects of social work and development in the world today’, a writes Sven Hessle, Professor of Social Work at Stockholm University, in the introduction to the volumes. … The many contributions of three volumes, albeit very diverse in form as well as in substance, provide food for thought about the global agenda.'
European Journal of Social Work
