1st Edition
Social Development in Social Work Practices and Principles
1. What is 'Social Development' and What is its Significance for Social Work? 2. The 'Macro-perspective': The Person in the Social Environment 3. Economics, Social Structures and Social Work Practice 4. Environment and Social Work Practice 5. Comparative Social Work and Social Welfare 6. Social Development as International Social Work 7. Social Development in 'Developed' Countries 8. Skills, Knowledge and Theory for Social Development Practice in Social Work 9. Values and Ethics in Social Development Practice 10. Advancing Social Development in Social Work
Biography
Richard Hugman is Professor of Social Work at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has held positions in practice, teaching and research in Australia and the UK, and is widely published in social work and related fields. His recent practice is in social development in Asia.
'In its 10 accessible and comprehensively argued chapters the book ranges across theories, practice in a range of contexts, skills, and ethics of social development practice. In this way it provides the reader with a thorough grounding on social development and its relevance to social work.'- Margot Rawsthorne, University of Sydney, Australian Social Work
