Revitalising communities in a globalising world /
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| Imprint: | Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007. |
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| Description: | xii, 451 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Contemporary social work studies |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6377287 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Theories and Concepts for Practice
- Revitalising communities: introduction
- Globalising communities: players and non-players
- Globalisation and imperialism: wars and humanitarian intervention
- Discourses within and about social work
- The paradox of risk assessment, child safety and empowerment in child welfare
- The road less travelled: reconstruction, welfare and social development in South Africa
- Social work, collective action and social movements
- Rethematising the local-global nexus
- Part II. Practice in Changing Communities
- Feminist, anti-racist community development: critical alliance, local to global
- Community participation: a critical appraisal of the role of 'community' in urban regeneration
- Community development strategies in the UK
- Globalised microfinance: economic empowerment or just debt?
- Community development in contemporary Croatia: globalisation, neoliberalism and NGOisation
- Learning through our children, healing for our children: best practice in First Nations communities
- Against the odds: community-based interventions for children in difficult circumstances in post-apartheid South Africa
- Communities of gatekeepers and communities of advocates: being disabled in Eastern Europe
- Ethiopian migration: challenging traditional explanatory theories
- Globalisation: implications for international development work, social work and the integration of immigrants in Sweden
- Rethinking and unravelling the interlocking dynamics of Caribbean emigration and return
- 'Home alone'
- Globalisation and a flood of travellers: flooded travellers and social justice
- International aid in disasters: a critique
- Part III. Education and Training in a Globalising World
- Disasters and social work responses
- Citizenship rights in a globalising world: child trafficking and lessons for a social justice education
- An indigenist anti-colonialist framework for practice
- Retheorising international social work for a global professional community
- Opportunities and challenges for social workers in the transnational labour force
- Challenges in internationalising the social work curriculum
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Indexes
