1st Edition

Exploring the Unsaid Creativity, Risks and Dilemmas in Working Cross-Culturally

Edited By Barry Mason, Alice Sawyer Copyright 2002
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

The editors and contributing authors of this volume have taken a truly pioneering and courageously challenging look at the state of cross-cultural theory and practice. In confronting directly and honestly a broad range of cross-cultural issues they have succeeded in formulating a thoughtful and innovative framework for progress in this complex and demanding field. Amongst the numerous issues... Read more
Series Editors’ Foreword , The Institute of Family Therapy , Foreword , Introduction , Addressing the Context , “Race”, ethnicity, and child welfare , Theoretical Perspectives , Culture, self, and cross-ethnic therapy , Uncertainty, risk-taking, and ethics in therapy , Practice Perspectives , Ethnic sameness and difference in family and systemic therapy , The African Families Project: A black and white issue , “Strangers in foreign lands” , Visible differences: individual and collective risk-taking in working cross-culturally , A risky balance: striving to merge professional white issues and personal black issues , Personal and Professional Development Perspectives , Getting it right, getting it wrong: developing an internal discourse about ethnicity and difference , Risky business: The rewards and demands of cross-cultural working with colleagues

Biography

Barry Mason