Readership: International social work; human behavior and the social environment (both MSW and BSW)
Susan C. Mapp, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Elizabethtown College
""I warmly recommend this book to all social workers who are preparing to enter the arena of international social development. It is a true source of inspiration to those who dare to take up the challenge to show that social work can indeed make a major contribution toward reversing the processes of discrimination, poverty and gender oppression in the world."--Sven Hessle, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work, Stockholm University, and Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Social Welfare"
""This text provides a critical contextual overview of the major issues that are faced in international social work. It provides an excellent foundational understanding to anyone wishing to work within the international arena of social work."--Patrick Thomas Panos, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Social Work, Brigham Young University"
""This book provides an excellent overview of universal human rights as an organizing framework for international social work, and I highly recommend it as a source of practical knowledge and useful information."--Catherine Hawkins, Ph.D., Professor, School of Social Work, Texas State University"
1: International Social Development 2: Human Rights 3: Forced Labor 4: International Child Welfare 5: War and Conflict 6: AIDS 7: Issues Particularly Affecting WOmen 8: Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 9: A Call to Action Appendix 1: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix 2: Opportunities in International Social Work
