International Social Work ─ Issues, Strategies, and Programs

Cox (social work, La Trobe U., Australia) and Pawar (social work, Charles Sturt U., Australia) share their knowledge of international social work with undergraduate and graduate social work students, social workers, development workers, and members of the helping professions. They focus on the programs and strategies that are being applied to various situations involving needy individuals in developing countries, as well as marginalized and deprived situations in developed countries. They outline their conceptual model, the importance of using an integrated-perspectives approach, and the global context, then address specific fields and the programs and strategies used, including poverty, conflict and post-conflict reconstruction, and development, in addition to chapters on careers and responses to populations like street children, child laborers, and orphans and the HIV/AIDS crisis. This edition has updated references on all major global problems, such as development aid, the Millennium Development Goals, and the impact of globalization; updated data on global poverty and its reduction; new chapters on international migration and the preparation of social workers for the field; and new sections on child soldiers, and youth, elderly persons, and persons with disabilities in developing countries. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)