International Social Work

Download or read book International Social Work written by Stefan Borrmann and published by Verlag Barbara Budrich. This book was released on 2007-04-05 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book focuses on three key issues of international social work: - on international dimensions of social problems and how social work practice can deal with these challenges, - on cultural issues social workers have to- think of when practicing, teaching an- developing social work on an international- level and finally - on aspects of international approaches in social work education. The authors are practicing and teaching social- work in several countries and their personal- and educational background allowed them to- gain a profound experience on international- social work. This makes the authors not only- writing about international perspectives but- also from an international perspective.