Gebundenes Buch

The Handbook of Social Work and Social Development in Africa

Beschreibung

This book takes a future-oriented perspective that aims to move beyond well-worn critiques to envision constructive and sustainable futures for social work and social development in Africa. Using case-studies from Lesotho, Botswana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Namibia, Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, Zambia and Tanzania, established areas of practice are covered, such as child protection; working with older people; people with disabilities; mental health; mainstream services targeting women as well as emerging areas of social work practice, such as humanitarian assistance in post-conflict situations; work with immigrants and refugees; and the training of community-based workers.

Autor

Mel Gray is Professor and Chair of Social Work at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and previously the University KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, where she was born. She edited the first book on Developmental Social Work in South Africa (David Philip 1998) and has long had an interest in the responsive of Western social work to non-Western contexts. She also published Social Work: A beginner's text (1996), an introduction to the profession for social work students in South Africa.

Produktdetails

• Routledge International Handbooks
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 446
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 148mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781472468512
• ISBN-10: 1472468511
• Artikelnr.: 47519189