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• Title:Social work in an international perspective : history, views, diversity and human rights / edited by Charlotte De Kock, Christian Van Kerckhove and Eva Vens.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Kock, Charlotte de.
  Kerckhove, Christian van.
  Vens, Eva.
  
• Published/Created:Antwerp-Apeldoorn : Garant, 2014.
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: HV40 .S635 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Social service.
  
• Medical Subjects: Social Work
  
• Description:326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  
• Series:Sociale Wetenschappen - Kruispunten ; nr. 2.
  
• Summary:In this work academics and practitioners from all five continents highlight the history of the social work profession and its underlying academic and social paradigms. The authors come from Australia, Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Ghana, Great Britain, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States. The structure of this work allows the reader to trace back the historical and political influences in the interpretation of social work in the authors' countries. Special attention is given to the notions of human rights and social diversity. Are human rights universal and which impact does this universality have on the social work profession? How does categorical work relate to generalist practice and does this in its turn relate to the conception of diversity? The authors approach these main queries in an exemplary and balanced manner using both theoretical analysis and case studies.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9044131478 (pbk.)
  9789044131475 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Australian social work and human rights : a critical multicultural perspective to working with diverse cultures
  Interrupted traditions
  delayed professionalisation : stagnation and renewal of social work in Austria
  In search of an identity for social work in Flanders?
  The path of social work in Brazil and challenges in social work education in the 21st century
  Working with diverse groups in Canada : taking social work education to rural and aboriginal communities
  Social work, human rights and social justice in Ghana, West Africa
  At the edge : social work in England
  Social work education in India
  Bi-cultural precedents : serving to benefit multi-cultural interests
  Operation Sukuma Sahke and the social development perspective
  Strengths in South African social work : case study examples
  Developmental social work in South Africa focusing on children with a disability
  History of social work in the United States.