New SICSW Publication 2007International Social Work. Social Problems, Cultural Issues and Social Work Education
The idea of this book has been developed in a process of discussions within the SICSW - Society for International Cooperation in Social Work.
Borrmann, Stefan & Michael Klassen & Christian Spatscheck (eds.)
International Social Work
Social Problems, Cultural Issues and Social Work Education
Barbara Budrich Publishers, Opladen, Farmington Hills.
ISBN: 978386649-087-1
Year of publication: 4/2007
189 Pages
Language: English
€ 16,90 / $19.90 / £14.94Table of contents and authors
Acknowledgement ........................................................................................ 7
Stefan Borrmann/Michael Klassen/Christian Spatscheck
Social Work in the International Context ........................................................... 9
International Dimensions of Social Problems and Social
Work Approaches...................................................................................... 15
Siobhan E. Laird
The Application of African Practice Models to the Social Problems
of Emergent Democracies ............................................................................. 19
Michael Preston-Shoot/Catherine N. Dulmus/Karen M. Sowers
Evidence-based Social Work: Global Perspectives and Challenges
for Policy, Practice and Education ................................................................. 37
Manoj Pardansani
Long-term Reconstruction and Development in Under-developed
Countries Following a Natural Disaster: The Role of Social Work .......................... 55
Cultural Issues in International Social Work ............................................... 73
Joshua Miller/Susan Donner
The Complexity of Multidimensional Social Identity Development ......................... 75
Otrude N. Moyo
Broadening Constructions of Parenting: Perspectives from African
Immigrants and Refugees in Northern New England ........................................... 95
Christian Spatscheck
Youth Cultures between Control and Emancipation – Interpretations
from a Western European Perspective .......................................................... 119
International Perspectives in Social Work Education ................................. 133
Yasmin Dean
Finding Common Ground. Can the Teaching of Social Work
Transcend Cultural and Geographic Borders? ................................................. 135
Kathleen J. Tunney
Teaching at the Intersection: A Three-Culture Model for
International Social Work Education ............................................................ 151
Rasmhi Gupta/Vijayan Pillai
U.S. Study Abroad Programs: An International Social Work
Curriculum in Aging .................................................................................. 165
