By Lynne Healy
Foreign Social paintings: specialist motion in an Interdependent international is a complete advent that areas social paintings historical past, perform, coverage, and schooling inside a world viewpoint. major themes-global interdependence action-are emphasised during this entire exam of an more and more worldwide career. the writer offers a four-part definition of foreign social paintings, emphasizing competence for pro motion in overseas elements of household perform and coverage; specialist alternate; overseas improvement perform; and coverage formula and advocacy on the worldwide point. the industrial, cultural, environmental, and social welfare implications of world interdependence are addressed via a dialogue of source usage, poverty, structural adjustment and the debt obstacle, migration, HIV/AIDS, and the rights of ladies and kids. A bankruptcy on worth and moral dilemmas considers how context impacts the ways that social matters are approached, and case examples from Asia, Africa, Europe, South the US, and the Caribbean are used through the ebook to demonstrate recommendations. The textual content concludes with an exploration of common ideas for social paintings world wide together with social improvement, human rights, multiculturalism, social exclusion, sustainability, and defense. From direct provider to coverage and management, foreign Social paintings: expert motion in an Interdependent global offers an intensive assessment of the foreign dimensions of social paintings perform. it really is a necessary textual content for all social paintings scholars and practitioners and offers a valid origin for destiny educational and occupation exploration in foreign social paintings.
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Then, two issues—migration and AIDS—will be briefly presented as manifestations of global interdependence in the social welfare sphere. The impact of national policies on other nations, an important but less recognized dimension of interdependence, will be illustrated through a discussion of ways in which nations model social welfare policies after those adopted elsewhere. Dimensions of Globalization and Interdependence John Maxwell Hamilton, author of Entangling Alliances and Main Street America and the Third World, defined interdependence simply as ‘‘a nation’s increased sensitivity to external forces’’ (p.
Simply put, those ‘‘with capital, entrepreneurial ability, and education and skills’’ have benefited, while ‘‘the poor, the assetless, illiterate and unskilled workers, and indigenous people’’ have lost out (p. 46). The report further states that overall women have fared worse than men as a result of globalization, as freer trade has often displaced farming and market women; according to a 2003 Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) report, women still ‘‘own less than 2% of the land worldwide and receive less than 10% of the credit’’ (World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization, 2004, p.
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