International Social Work: Professional Action in an Interdependent World, Third Edition, is a
comprehensive treatment of all dimensions of international social work. The authors' four …

The Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development (The Agenda) is designed by
IFSW, IASSW and ICSW to strengthen the profile of social work and to enable social workers …

Social work increasingly finds itself at the frontline of issues pertaining to immigrant and
refugee settlement and integration. In this timely book, Kathleen Valtonen provides the first …

Globalization has had a profound effect on social work practice, changing service delivery;
altering the labour process for professional social workers; creating new social problems for …

Globalization can seem a remote process, related only to the economic and commercial
world. However, it impacts (differentially) on the work opportunities and living conditions of …

International volunteer service has close historical and contemporary linkages with the
social work profession. However, knowledge of international service continues to lag behind …

Introduction: Internationalisation of social work education is part of a rapidly growing
international tertiary education sector; one that is actively being promoted by governments …

This groundbreaking book examines the ways in which questions of culture and diversity
impact on the values and ethics of social work. Using detailed case studies to illustrate key …

Social work has a long-standing tradition of emphasizing the interaction of people and their
environment, although this systems perspective has focused almost exclusively on the …

Several authors contend that with the growing cultural diversity of Western societies comes
the responsibility for social service provi ders to better prepare themselves to engage with …