Indigenous Social Work around the World: Towards Culturally Relevant Education and Practice (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754648383)

How can mainstream Western social work learn from and in turn help advance indigenous practice? This volume brings together prominent international scholars involved in both Western and indigenous social work across the globe - including James Midgley, Linda Briskman, Alean Al-Krenawi and John R. Graham - to discuss some of the most significant global trends and issues relating to indigenous and cross-cultural social work. The contributors identify ways in which indigenization is shaping professional social work practice and education, and examine how social work can better address diversity in international exchanges and cross-cultural issues within and between countries. Key theoretical, methodological and service issues and challenges in the indigenization of social work are reviewed, including the way in which adaptation can lead to more effective practices within indigenous communities and emerging economies, and how adaptation can provide greater insight into cross-cultural understanding and practice.

Author: John Coates
ISBN-10: 0754648389
ISBN-13: 9780754648383
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 09/25/2008
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.52lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 168
Choice 08/01/2009