International Handbook on Social Work Education

(Hardback)

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Experts contribute to social work education with their survey of the state of the field in over 23 countries and regions within the Americas (United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America, South America and Argentina), Europe (United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Germany, Central/Eastern Europe, Russia and the Republics), Africa (Africa, Zimbabwe and South Africa), and Asia and the Pacific (Asia/Pacific, Australia, India, Bangladesh, Japan and China). This reference guide also considers social work education from a comparative and global perspective in terms of current problems and programmes and future prospects. Social workers, educators, academics and professionals should gain from the country studies, international overview and bibliographies.

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.,."unique in its presentation of overviews of the state of social work in over 23 countries and regions within the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia and the Pacific...Because of its inclusion of information difficult to acquire in its international focus, this is recommended for all academic reference collcetion on social work."-Reference Book Review
...unique in its presentation of overviews of the state of social work in over 23 countries and regions within the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia and the Pacific...Because of its inclusion of information difficult to acquire in its international focus, this is recommended for all academic reference collcetion on social work.-Reference Book Review
Written for faculty and students of social work, this is the first book to offer an international examination of social work education...A good introduction, this book will be useful to social work educators.-Choice
"Written for faculty and students of social work, this is the first book to offer an international examination of social work education...A good introduction, this book will be useful to social work educators."-Choice
..."unique in its presentation of overviews of the state of social work in over 23 countries and regions within the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia and the Pacific...Because of its inclusion of information difficult to acquire in its international focus, this is recommended for all academic reference collcetion on social work."-Reference Book Review

Author Bio

THOMAS D. WATTS is Professor of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington. His most recent book, coauthored with Doreen Elliott and Nazneen S. Mayadas, The World of Social Welfare (1990), deals with social welfare services internationally. Other books include Native American Youth and Alcohol: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood Press, 1989) and Black Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: An Annotated Bibliography(Praeger, 1986). DOREEN ELLIOTT is Professor of Social Work and Director of the Doctoral program at the University of Texas at Arlington. Her published works include Gender, Delinquency, and Society (1988), Teaching and Learning for Practice (1985), and Residential Care: A Reader in Current Practice and Theory (1980). NAZNEEN MAYADAS is Professor of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington. She has coedited with Paul Glasser, Group Workers at Work, and has published several journal articles and book chapters related to social work education and practice concerns.