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The Student's Companion to Social Policy

Alcock, Pete / May, Margaret / Wright, Sharon (eds.) — 6 Feb 2012 08:17:27 +0100

The fourth edition of The Student's Companion to Social Policy maintains the text's inimitable and best-selling approach with extensive updates and revisions which take account of recent developments and debates, and changing political and economic configurations. Written by experts in the field, this title continues to offer students the most up-to-date, comprehensive synoptic guide to, and reference on, the issues that they are likely to encounter in studying social policy in the UK and elsewhere. The new edition includes several new chapters, end of chapter study questions, and a companion website. [496 Seiten, Softcover]

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The Older Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner

Frazer, Deborah W. / Hinrichsen, Gregory A. / Jongsma, Arthur E. — 23 Jan 2012 08:17:18 +0100

The Bestselling treatment planning system for mental health professionals The Older Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, Second Edition provides all the elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatment plans that satisfy the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third-party payors, and state and federal agencies. * New edition features empirically supported, evidence-based treatment interventions * Organized around 30 behaviorally based presenting problems including depression, unresolved grief, life role transition, and substance abuse * Over 1,000 prewritten treatment goals, objectives, and interventions--plus space to record your own treatment plan options * Easy-to-use reference format helps locate treatment plan components by behavioral problem * Includes a sample treatment plan that conforms to the requirements of most third-party payors and accrediting agencies including CARF, The Joint Commission (TJC), COA, and the NCQA [268 Seiten, Softcover]

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The Times They Are Changing?

Greve, Bent — 9 Jan 2012 08:18:08 +0100

The Times They Are Changing? presents a series of readings that critically examine whether the recent financial crisis will have short-lived implications for welfare states or will usher in a new era of substantial reform and retrenchment of social policies in welfare states around the world. Contributors include policy researchers and academics from several countries in Western Europe, as well as the South Pacific and USA. Various national and regional case studies reveal the profound impact the financial crisis is having on policies implemented by welfare states as well as on our perceptions of the welfare state as a concept. [192 Seiten, Softcover]

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Handbook of Health Social Work

Gehlert, Sarah / Browne, Teri — 5 Dec 2011 08:19:37 +0100

Thoroughly revised and updated, this is the only comprehensive handbook of its kind covering the diverse field of health social work. Its evidence-based overview of contemporary social work practice in health care is written from a wellness perspective, covering the spectrum of health social work settings with contributions from a wide range of experts. Both a foundation for social work practice in health care and a guide for strategy, policy, and program development, this handbook provides social work students and practitioners with the skills they need to use evidence-based models in their practice. [702 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Programs and Interventions for Maltreated Children and Families at Risk

Rubin, Allen (ed.) — 21 Nov 2011 08:17:45 +0100

Evidence-based interventions are increasingly being required by third-party payers and an evidence-based orientation has come to define ethical practice. This compendium of short, how-to chapters focuses on the programs and interventions to prevent child maltreatment that have the best scientific evidence supporting their effectiveness. Interventions and programs discussed include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, Multisystemic Therapy, Coping Cat, and many more. Busy practitioners will appreciate this book's implementation of evidence-based practices by providing the practical and what now rather than using the typical academic approach. [354 Seiten, Softcover]

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Juvenile Justice

Sherman, Francine / Jacobs, Francine — 4 Nov 2011 08:17:18 +0100

The lessons in this book remind us that we can--and that we must--do better, for the sake of our children, their futures, and the sake of our nation. . . . This volume is a call to action, and I encourage everyone who reads it to take steps to ensure that all America's children are given an equal chance to succeed. We must all work together to replace the cradle-to-prison pipeline with a pipeline to responsible, productive adulthood.--From the Foreword by Marian Wright Edelman, JD, President and founder, Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC Juvenile Justice: Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice appears at a critical time, when promising juvenile justice reforms are underway in so many jurisdictions across the United States. Sherman and Jacobs, and their impressive array of expert authors, fill a significant gap in the literature, making the current body of juvenile justice research and experience accessible to policy makers, researchers, and funders, and doing so through a practical and positive lens.--Patrick McCarthy, President and Chief Executive Officer, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD Most people have narrow views of what it means to be a delinquent youth. In Juvenile Justice: Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice, Sherman and Jacobs have diligently collected essays from the top experts in the juvenile justice field who tell an empirically based and powerful narrative of who is really in the delinquency system. As this book makes clear, until we ask and answer the right questions, we will remain unable to help the youth most in need.--Alexander Busansky, President, The National Council on Crime and Delinquency, Oakland, CA A comprehensive reference presenting a rehabilitative, youth- and community-centered vision of juvenile justice Juvenile Justice: Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice brings together experts in juvenile justice, child development, and public health to explore the intersections between juvenile justice and needed development of programs and policies that look out for the health and well-being of the youth who enter this system. This timely book provides a usable framework for imagining juvenile justice systems that emphasize the welfare of juveniles, achieved primarily through connections within their communities. A must-read for professionals working in juvenile courts and within juvenile justice agencies, Juvenile Justice: Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice reflects both the considerable advances and the challenges currently evident in the juvenile justice system, with an emphasis on the development and implementation of policies that can succeed in building a new generation of educated young people able to embrace their potential and build successful futures. [570 Seiten, Softcover]

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Transforming Public Health Practice

Healey, Bernard J. / Lesneski, Cheryll D. — 31 Oct 2011 08:18:52 +0100

This text provides students a foundation in public health practice and management, focusing on developing the knowledge and skills required by the real world of public health. The authors of Transforming Public Health Practice explain the drivers of change in public health practice, key success factors for public health programs, dealing with the chronic disease burden, the impact of national health policy on public health practice, and tools for understanding and managing population health. Transforming Public Health Practice covers core leadership and management skills, covering areas such as politics, workforce, partnership and collaboration, change management, outcomes orientation, opportunities for improvement, health equity, and future challenges. Case studies highlight innovations in health education, working with people with disabilities, partnerships in response to disease outbreaks, and health programs. Learning objectives, chapter summaries, key terms, and discussion questions enhance each chapter. A downloadable instructors' supplement is available on the companion Web site for the book. [416 Seiten, Softcover]

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Real World Research with SPSS V18 Set

Robson, Colin — 24 Oct 2011 08:18:35 +0200

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What Do I Say?

Edelstein, Linda N. / Waehler, Charles A. — 13 Jun 2011 08:17:19 +0200

The must-have guide to honestly and sensitively answering your clients' questions Written to help therapists view their clients' questions as collaborative elements of clinical work, What Do I Say? explores the questions--some direct, others unspoken--that all therapists, at one time or another, will encounter from clients. Authors and practicing therapists Linda Edelstein and Charles Waehler take a thought-provoking look at how answers to clients' questions shape a therapeutic climate of expression that encourages personal discovery and growth. Strategically arranged in a question-and-answer format for ease of use, this hands-on guide is conversational in tone and filled with personal examples from experienced therapists on twenty-three hot-button topics, including religion, sex, money, and boundaries. What Do I Say? tackles actual client questions, such as: * Can you help me? (Chapter 1, The Early Sessions) * Sorry I am late. Can we have extra time? (Chapter 9, Boundaries) * I don't believe in all this therapy crap. What do you think about that? (Chapter 3, Therapeutic Process) * Why is change so hard? (Chapter 4, Expectations About Change) * Will you attend my graduation/wedding/musical performance/speech/business grand opening? (Chapter 20, Out of the Office) * Where are you going on vacation? (Chapter 10, Personal Questions) * I gave your name to a friend . . . Will you see her? (Chapter 9, Boundaries) * Should I pray about my problems? (Chapter 12, Religion and Spirituality) * Are you like all those other liberals who believe gay people have equal rights? (Chapter 13, Prejudice) The power of therapy lies in the freedom it offers clients to discuss anything and everything. It's not surprising then, that clients will surprise therapists with their experiences and sometimes with the questions they ask. What Do I Say? reveals how these questions--no matter how difficult or uncomfortable--can be used to support the therapeutic process rather than derail the therapist-client relationship. [358 Seiten, Softcover]

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Treatment of Depression in Adolescents and Adults

Springer, David W. / Rubin, Allen / Beevers, Christopher G. — 18 Apr 2011 08:17:33 +0200

Mental health practitioners are increasingly forced to use evidence-based practices by third-party providers. However, studies have shown practitioners rarely use evidence-based practices because of difficulties obtaining training and expertise. This volume in the Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice Series provides clinicians with a beginning level of understanding in evidence-based practice for depression in a manner that fits clinician time constraints. Forgoing the typical academic approach for a more user-friendly how-to and what-now style, the book is an easy-to-use and essential resource for practitioners and students-in-training. [312 Seiten, Softcover]

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Treating Adult Substance Abuse Using Family Behavior Therapy

Donohue, Brad / Allen, Daniel N. — 6 Apr 2011 08:17:33 +0200

Family Behavior Therapy (FBT) is an evidence-based treatment that helps adult patients address substance abuse as well as coexisting problem behaviors, including family dysfunction, employment, and mood disorders. Donohue and Allen are the premier researchers and practitioners of FBT, and their book is the first to provide the practical, step-by-step guidance needed to use this cost-effective intervention method with clients. It contains descriptions of each component of the treatment in addition to case examples, worksheets, and handouts. Counselors, therapists, and social workers will appreciate this how-to behavioral approach to therapy. [264 Seiten, Softcover]

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Real World Research

Robson, Colin — 7 Mar 2011 08:18:11 +0100

This bestselling text on carrying out research in 'real world' situations has been thoroughly revised and updated but continues to have the same authoritative voice and definitive content that has made it such an essential book for teachers and students conducting research within the social sciences. * Even-handed coverage of qualitative and quantitative approaches * Furnishes students with the skills necessary in order to conduct research outside the laboratory, in 'real world' situations * Draws examples from the fields of applied psychology, applied social science, health studies, social work and education * New chapters on multi-strategy designs, ethical issues, and on writing a project proposal * Discussion of Internet-based research - both as a research tool and as a subject for research * Coverage of evidence-based approaches - seeking to present a balanced assessment of their value * An enhanced website linked to the text * New and improved page design [608 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Real World Research

Robson, Colin — 7 Mar 2011 08:18:10 +0100

Veterans and Active Duty Military Psychotherapy Homework Planner

Finley, James R. / Moore, Bret A. — 7 Mar 2011 08:17:48 +0100

Features assignments and exercises to meet the changing needsof mental health professionals The Veterans and Active Duty Military Psychotherapy Homework Planner provides you with an array of ready-to-use, between-session assignments designed to fit virtually every therapeutic mode. This easy-to-use sourcebook features: * 78 ready-to-copy exercises covering the most common issues encountered by veterans and active duty soldiers in therapy, such as anger management, substance abuse and dependence, bereavement, pre-deployment stress, and chronic pain after injury * A quick-reference format--the interactive assignments are grouped by behavioral problems including combat and operational stress reactions, postdeployment reintegration, survivor's guilt, anxiety, parenting problems related to deployment, and posttraumatic stress disorder * Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises * Assignments are cross-referenced to The Veterans and Active Duty Military Psychotherapy Treatment Planner--so you can quickly identify the right exercise for a given situation or problem * A CD-ROM that contains all the exercises in a word-processing format--allowing you to customize them to suit you and your clients' unique styles and needs [318 Seiten, Softcover]

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Welfare

Daly, Mary — 21 Feb 2011 08:17:51 +0100

Welfare is an important concept in the social sciences. It is also challenged and contested not only by alternative concepts but also as a political goal in itself. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, this book takes a fresh look at the continuing relevance of welfare in the context of public policy, recent scholarly developments and changes in popular attitudes and behaviour. The book connects theory and practice. Tracing the concept's background in economics, political science and social policy, the book juxtaposes welfare with newer approaches, such as subjective well-being, capabilities, care, social exclusion and social capital. The links between welfare and political ideas are also elaborated. The welfare state, as it developed historically in Europe and as it is changing in different countries, is given an important place in the analysis. Drawing on a range of empirical work, the book in its final part considers how individuals and groups attain welfare and how this shapes people's decisions and actions in their everyday lives. Written in a lively style, the book provides students of sociology, social policy and political science with a valuable point of access to a range of debates and thinking in the field of welfare and related concepts. [224 Seiten, Softcover]

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Welfare

Daly, Mary — 21 Feb 2011 08:17:50 +0100

Welfare is an important concept in the social sciences. It is also challenged and contested not only by alternative concepts but also as a political goal in itself. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, this book takes a fresh look at the continuing relevance of welfare in the context of public policy, recent scholarly developments and changes in popular attitudes and behaviour. The book connects theory and practice. Tracing the concept's background in economics, political science and social policy, the book juxtaposes welfare with newer approaches, such as subjective well-being, capabilities, care, social exclusion and social capital. The links between welfare and political ideas are also elaborated. The welfare state, as it developed historically in Europe and as it is changing in different countries, is given an important place in the analysis. Drawing on a range of empirical work, the book in its final part considers how individuals and groups attain welfare and how this shapes people's decisions and actions in their everyday lives. Written in a lively style, this book provides students of sociology, social policy and political science with a valuable point of access to a range of debates and thinking in the field of welfare and related concepts. [224 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Developing Practice Competencies

Ragg, D. Mark — 9 Feb 2011 08:18:10 +0100

Designed for the generalist practice course, this book uses students' own experiences rather than abstract discussion to build competency and professional identity. Full of rich case examples and exercises, the book lets students visualize and carry out skills in an applied, experimental way. It breaks down each practice skill into subcomponents, allowing students to consciously build up their capabilities as part of a lifelong learning process. Social work students will benefit from this presentation of the core knowledge, techniques, and values essential to the effective practice of social work. [396 Seiten, Softcover]

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Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy

Jansson, Bruce S. — 9 Feb 2011 08:18:09 +0100

Praise for Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy A Guide for the Health and Helping Professions Bruce Jansson's thoughtful and innovative book will appeal to students in social work, nursing, and public health as well as those working in the health field of practice. The case examples are extraordinary, and Jansson provides the ideas, context, and theoretical base for readers to acquire the skills of advocacy in healthcare. This is by far the best advocacy book I have seen. --Gary Rosenberg, PhD Director, Division of Social Work and Behavioral Science Mount Sinai School of Medicine Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy is a terrific description of opportunities for advocacy intervention and provides the skill sets necessary for effective advocacy. A needed book. --Laura Weil, LCSW Director, Health Advocacy Program Sarah Lawrence College Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy is an invaluable resource for practitioners working in the healthcare field as well as for students. It very thoroughly covers healthcare advocacy issues, contains real-world case examples, and provides a clear, step-by-step framework for practicing advocacy. --Kimberly Campbell, ACSW, LCSW Lecturer, Department of Social Work Ball State University An important resource for all who strive for the best in healthcare treatment for their patients, themselves, and the nation Bestselling author and award-winning researcher Bruce S. Jansson uses an intervention framework to illustrate how everyone in the healthcare system can advocate effectively, not just for better healthcare delivery to individual clients but for the necessary policy change that will deliver long- term solutions to our nation's healthcare crisis as well. Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy provides professionals with: * Tools to move from traditional services to case advocacy and policy advocacy tasks * Over 100 case studies from the perspective of patients, healthcare providers, and others who relate the experiences they have encountered in the healthcare system and share the wisdom they have learned * Practical tips on how to provide effective advocacy and bring about positive and long-term change in this complex environment [490 Seiten, Softcover]

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The Couples Psychotherapy Treatment Planner

O'Leary, K. Daniel / Heyman, Richard E. / Jongsma, Arthur E. — 9 Feb 2011 08:18:07 +0100

THE BESTSELLING TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS The Couples Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, Second Edition provides all the elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatment plans that satisfy the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third-party payors, and state and federal agencies. * New edition features empirically supported, evidence-based treatment interventions * New chapters on Internet sexual use, retirement, and parenthood strain * Organized around 35 behaviorally based presenting problems including jealousy, midlife crisis, parenting conflicts, and sexual dysfunction * Over 1,000 prewritten treatment goals, objectives, and interventions--plus space to record your own treatment plan options * Easy-to-use reference format helps locate treatment plan components by behavioral problem * Designed to correspond with The Couples Psychotherapy Progress Notes Planner, Second Edition and Couples Therapy Homework Planner, Second Edition * Includes a sample treatment plan that conforms to the requirements of most third-party payors and accrediting agencies including CARF, The Joint Commission (TJC), COA, and the NCQA Additional resources in the PracticePlanners series: For more information on our PracticePlanners¯® products, including our full line of Treatment Planners, visit us on the Web at: www.wiley.com/practiceplanners [332 Seiten, Softcover]

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Competency-Based Assessments in Mental Health Practice

Gray, Susan W. — 8 Feb 2011 08:17:21 +0100

Organized around the classification system in the DSM-IV-TR, this book provides opportunities for professionals to practice making diagnostic assessments using case examples. Author Susan Gray begins with an overview of the competency-based assessment model and the multiaxial diagnostic framework, followed by guidance for interpreting the case studies. The remainder of the book is organized around selected diagnostic categories from the DSM-IV-TR. Mental health professionals will learn to use the DSM's multiaxial diagnostic framework, as well as a competency-based assessment model factoring in a client's unique biological, social, and cultural influences. [456 Seiten, Softcover]

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Vulnerable Populations in the United States

Shi, Leiyu / Stevens, Gregory D. — 26 Jan 2011 08:17:29 +0100

Based on the authors' teaching and research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, the second edition of this landmark text offers a general framework for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for learning about vulnerable populations. It contains in-depth data and information on major health and health care disparities by race or ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and health insurance coverage. It is thoroughly updated to include the latest data and trends and provides a detailed synthesis of recent and increasingly expansive programs and initiatives to remedy these disparities. To keep current with recent trends it incorporates the latest Healthy People 2020 objectives, includes new sections on real-world clinical examples, and discusses the impact of health care reform on vulnerable populations. The book's Web site includes instructor's materials that may be downloaded. Praise for the First Edition of Vulnerable Populations in the United States An excellent primer for undergraduates and graduate students interested in vulnerable populations and health disparities. --New England Journal of Medicine Combines thoughtful, coherent theory with a large amount of information available in a single source. It will prove to be a valuable resource for policymakers, researchers, teachers, and students alike for years to come. --Journal of the American Medical Association A very worthwhile read for health care administrators, health policy analysts, public health and health promotion practitioners, students of public health, and health researchers. --Inquiry It makes clear that, for political, social, and economic (as well as moral) reasons, the country must increasingly make vulnerable populations a national health policy priority. --Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved I have reviewed a number of books looking for meaningful content to help my students understand and work with vulnerable populations. This is the most comprehensive, yet understandable book on the topic. --Doody's Reviews Provides much-needed guidance to policymakers challenged with providing solutions to this embarrassing issue in the United States. --F. Douglas Scutchfield, MD, Peter P. Bosomworth Professor of Health Services Research and Policy, University of Kentucky Companion Web site: www.josseybass.com/go/shi [352 Seiten, Softcover]

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Parents Who Misuse Drugs and Alcohol

Forrester, Donald / Harwin, Judith — 17 Jan 2011 08:18:56 +0100

This book presents original research outlining the key elements in responding to parental misuse of drugs and alcohol. * Offers a definition of misuse and addiction and the factors that influence the nature of misuse or addiction * Reviews extensively the nature and impact of parental substance misuse on children and families using the latest evidence * Explores how research and theories might help inform professionals or non-professionals assessing families affected by parents who misuse drugs or alcohol * Provides an in-depth discussion of Motivational Interviewing, including a critical discussion of the challenges and limitations involved in using it in child and family settings * Considers the wider implications of the findings for practice and policy and argues that these responses can be used across the field of work with vulnerable children and their families [262 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Parents Who Misuse Drugs and Alcohol

Forrester, Donald / Harwin, Judith — 17 Jan 2011 08:18:55 +0100

Children Behaving Badly?

Barter, Christine / Berridge, David (eds.) — 20 Dec 2010 08:17:58 +0100

Children Behaving Badly? is the first publication to directly address the complexity of peer violence from a range of disciplines and perspectives. * Provides important insights into theoretical understanding of the issue and produces significant and far reaching implications for policy and practice developments * Based on up-to-date research evidence and includes some unpublished findings from recognized experts in multidisciplinary fields * Challenges many populist and damaging representations of youth violence and the associated narratives of modern youth as essentially 'evil' [264 Seiten, Softcover]

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Children Behaving Badly?

Barter, Christine / Berridge, David (eds.) — 20 Dec 2010 08:17:56 +0100

Aging and Mental Health

Segal, Daniel L. / Qualls, Sara Honn / Smyer, Michael A. — 22 Nov 2010 08:18:36 +0100

This fully revised and updated second edition provides a complete introduction to aging and mental health for psychology students taking courses in aging as well as for academics and practitioners working in the field of gerontology. * Offers a comprehensive review of models of mental health and mental illness, along with their implications for treatment of older adults * Provides a pragmatic analysis of assessment and treatment approaches that both students and practitioners will find useful * Uses case studies to link theory and practice * Fully updated to include discussion of the development and implementation of evidence-based treatment protocols in the field of mental health; the increasing prevalence of cognitive impairment and an appreciation of its implications for a variety of functional behaviors; and a changing understanding of long-term care away from a focus on institutional care and toward a broader spectrum of services [314 Seiten, Softcover]

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Social Work in a Globalizing World

Dominelli, Lena — 15 Nov 2010 08:18:31 +0100

This inspiring and stimulating book confronts contemporary challenges facing social workers. Many of the forms of human, social and environmental degradation addressed arise from social problems that have persisted over time, such as social work's own uncertain professional status, poverty, structural inequalities, migratory movements and armed conflicts. However, these challenges include newer problems rooted in the interdependent nature of the world. These issues centre on globalization, the worldwide recession that undermined fiscal sustainability in Western countries, environmental pollution, climate change and natural disasters, concerns which present fresh arenas for social worker involvement, and opportunities for innovation in social work theories and paradigms for practice. In exploring the tensions that globalization creates for practice, Lena Dominelli reveals the diverse and heterogeneous nature of social work as a profession even though it has many facets that are shared across borders. In a fluid global context where migratory movements and the internationalization of social problems mean that problems that began in one country have significant implications and require action in another, social workers must support practices that endorse human rights, social justice and citizenship for all of the planet's inhabitants. Social Work in a Globalizing World sets an ambitious agenda for social work and calls for international co-operation, alliances and action alongside local ones. Only then can its optimistic message of a viable end to the degradation of human beings and their physical environment be achieved. [224 Seiten, Softcover]

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Social Work in a Globalizing World

Dominelli, Lena — 15 Nov 2010 08:18:29 +0100