Revitalising communities in a globalising world
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Revitalising communities in a globalising world
(Contemporary social work studies)
Ashgate, c2007
Available at 12 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-432) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"Revitalizing Communities" is designed around the exciting premise of exploring the opportunities and constraints that the dynamics of globalization present for human development in a range of different countries and situations. Arguing that globalization currently is a system of organizing social relations along neoliberal lines, it examines practical examples of how people respond to significant social changes in their communities. The idea of communities is deconstructed to show that globalization has collapsed the boundaries of time, space and place in ways that have exacerbated inequalities at the same time as giving rise to economic growth that has produced unparalleled riches for some. The book encompasses a number of case studies that speak to policymakers, practitioners, educators and students interested in studying globalization and making the most of its potential for change in realizing human aspirations for producing better living conditions for all at a time when the degradation of the physical environment is presenting its own challenges for economic developments that ignore the links between people and the conditions under which they live.
Table of Contents
- Part I Theories and Concepts for Practice: Revitalising communities: introduction, Lena Dominelli
- Globalising communities: players and non-players, Lena Dominelli
- Globalisation and imperialism: wars and humanitarian intervention, Ankie Hoogvelt
- Discourses within and about social work, Irene Levin
- The paradox of risk assessment, child safety and empowerment in child welfare, Mariliyn Callahan and Karen Swift
- The road less travelled: reconstruction, welfare and social development in South Africa, Mel Gray and Bill Mitchell
- Social work, collective action and social movements: Rethematising the local-global nexus, Carolyn Noble
- Part II Practice in Changing Communities: Feminist, anti-racist community development: critical alliance, local to global, Margaret Ledwith and Paula Asgill
- Community participation: a critical appraisal of the role of 'community' in urban regeneration, Gary Pattison
- Community development strategies in the UK, Keith Popple
- Globalised microfinance: economic empowerment or just debt?, Ingrid Burkett
- Community development in contemporary Croatia: globalisation, neoliberalism and NGOisation, Paul Stubbs
- Learning through our children, healing for our children: best practice in First Nations communities, Jacqui Green and Robina Thomas
- Against the odds: community-based interventions for children in difficult circumstances in post-apartheid South Africa, Vishanthie Sewpaul and Dorothee Holscher
- Communities of gatekeepers and communities of advocates: being disabled in Eastern Europe, Darja Zavirsek
- Ethiopian migration: challenging traditional explanatory theories, Abye Tasse
- Globalisation: implications for international development work, social work and the integration of immigrants in Sweden, Sven Hessle
- Rethinking and unravelling the interlocking dynamics of Caribbean emigration and return, John Small
- 'Home alone', Lincoln Williams
- Globalisation and a flood of travellers: flooded travellers and social justice, Gurid Aga Askaland
- International aid in disasters: a critique, Lizy James
- Part III Education and Training in a Globalising World: Disasters and social work responses, Armaity S. Desai
- Citizenship rights in a globalising world: child trafficking and lessons for a social justice education, Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha
- An indigenist anti-colonialist framework for practice, Gale Cyr
- Retheorising international social work for a global professional community, Lynne M. Healey
- Opportunities and challenges for social workers in the transnational labour force, Ruth White
- Challenges in internationalising the social work curriculum, Lena Dominelli
- Conclusions, Lena Dominelli
- Bibliography
- Indexes.
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