• Comprehensiveness - a substantive treatment of all aspects of international social work in one book
• Links international issues to social workers' domestic practice & policy interests
• Use of numerous case examples to assist the readers with the concepts
• Focus on professional action
• Relevance to the full range of social work practice roles, from direct service to policy and administration

Lynne M. Healy, Professor, School of Social Work; and Director, Center for International Social Work Studies, University of Connecticut

Foreward by Katherine A. Kendall
Preface
Chapter 1 International Social Work: What is it and Why is it Important?
Chapter 2 The History of the Development of Social Work
Chapter 3 International Professional Action: A Selective History
Chapter 4 Social Work Around the World Today: Current Practice
Chapter 5 Global Interdependence
Chapter 6 International Social Welfare Organizations and Their Functions
Chapter 7 Values and Ethics for International Professional Action
Chapter 8 International Relief and Development Practice by Lara Herscvitch
Chapter 9 International/Domestic Practice Interface
Chapter 10 Understanding and Influencing Global Policy
Chapter 11 Education for International Professional Action: Current Realities, Future Challenges
Chapter 12 Conclusion: Social Work as a Force for Humane Global Change and Development
Glossary of terms and Acronyms
Appendices: IFSW Code of Ethics, U.N. Summit for Social Development - 10 Comitments Chart - Milestones in International Social Work