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Dominelli, Lena.

Social work in a globalizing world / Lena Dominelli. - Cambridge : Polity, c2010. - ix, 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-195) and indexes.

Introduction -- Creating the new profession of social work -- Mapping out the terrain of 'the social' -- Professionalization, practice methods and processes of intervention -- Social work, citizenship, human rights and social justice -- Human, social and environmental degradation -- Globalizing the local and localizing the global in practice -- Conclusions.

Written by a leading social work academic whose work is internationally renowned, this book confronts contemporary challenges facing social workers in relation to globalization and the rise of international global problems.

ISBN: 9780745640891 (pbk.) 9780745640884 0745640885 0745640893 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2011414207

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB089608 bnb GBB089608 dnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015611345 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social service.
Globalization--Social aspects.

LC Class. No.: HV10.5 / D66 2010