This volume brings together prominent international scholars involved in both Western and
indigenous social work across the globe-including James Midgley, Linda Briskman, Alean Al …

In the last two years preceding the writing of this chapter, the author was involved in
supervising different teams of international social work students on internship in Uganda …

The revised global definition for social work promotes the profession's commitment to social
change and development, social cohesion and the empowerment and liberation of people …

Social work in East Africa is confronted with myriad social and structural problems. The
heritage of imported theories and concepts from the West is still affecting education and …

Indigenization has become a popular term in social work literature recently (Cheung and
Liu, 2004; Ferguson, 2005; Fulcher, 2003; Gray, 2005; Tan, 2006; Yan and Cheung, 2006; …

This article evaluates how and to what extent indigenization of social work profession and
practice in Nigeria can occur. There is a need to indigenize social work because of the …

The international circulation of scientists from developing to developed countries can be one
of the ways to access advanced knowledge. Similarly, another alternative proposed in this …

European Social Policy and Social Work explores shifts in international social policies and
how they affect national trends and thus the context for social work practice. The book …

All human societies have constructed indigenous strategies for responding to human need.
While there are calls for social work to embrace diversity, there remains dissatisfaction with …

Being socially competent is essential in late modern society. We expect people to find their
own accommodation, partner, job, community and lifestyle and struggle to find answers for …