Transnational Social Work and Social Welfare: Challenges for the Social Work Profession

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Beatrix Schwarzer (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany) Ursula Kämmerer-Rütten (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany)

Transnational Social Work and Social Welfare

Challenges for the Social Work Profession

Beatrix Schwarzer (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany), Ursula Kämmerer-Rütten (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany), Alexandra Schleyer-Lindenmann (Aix Marseille Université, France) , Yafang Wang (Shanghai University, China)

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Routledge
09 August 2016

Social work

Series: Routledge Advances in Social Work

The underlying frame of social work is the nation state, and it is from within the state that welfare strategies and social policies are devised and implemented. However, post-colonialism, globalisation, migration and the associated implications for human rights, social justice and social welfare policies contest the idea of a clearly defined space for social work and present new challenges for researchers and practitioners.

Transnational Social Work and Social Welfare argues for the increased importance of the transnational perspective in social work theory and practice. The book challenges the idea of the nation state as a given entity and argues that globalization and an increasing number of people crossing borders must have an impact on the theories and strategies of social work. The international contributors are critical of a restricted focus on a geographically defined space and the impact on work with clients.

With cases covering China, France, India, UK, Germany, Malaysia, Israel, Turkey, the book highlights the challenges as well as the opportunities this new perspective can open up for theories and strategies in social work. It will be of interest to students, researchers and social workers interested in migration, social care, poverty and cultural competency in health and social care.

Edited by: Beatrix Schwarzer (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences Germany), Ursula Kämmerer-Rütten (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany), Alexandra Schleyer-Lindenmann (Aix Marseille Université, France), Yafang Wang (Shanghai University, China)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9781138912786
ISBN 10: 1138912786
Series: Routledge Advances in Social Work
Pages: 306
Publication Date: 09 August 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Beatrix Schwarzer is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Health and Social Work at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Ursula Kämmerer-Rütten is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Health and Social Work at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Alexandra Schleyer-Lindenmann is Associate Professor of Psychology at the Science Faculty of Aix-Marseille University, France. Yafang Wang is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Work, Shanghai University, China.

Reviews for Transnational Social Work and Social Welfare: Challenges for the Social Work Profession

The carefully edited volume impresses with the diversity of the authors, the attachment as a discourse with perspectives beyond Western Europe. Even if case studies and commentaries were not always strictly related to each other, vivid or comparative: it is a substantial, noteworthy, even transnational stimulus.- Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Berg, Socialnet, (2017)