1st Edition

Social Work in East Asia

By Christian Aspalter Copyright 2014
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

Owing to rapid economic development and the onset of population ageing, social work has become a major means of delivering social services and relieving and preventing social problems at an individual, family, and community level in East Asia. In addition to this, the number of activities undertaken by social welfare NGOs has risen a great deal throughout East Asia, resulting in a greater demand... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction, Christian Aspalter; Chapter 2 Social Work in Japan, Hubert Liu; Chapter 3 Social Work in Mongolia, Oyut-Erdene Namdaldagva; Chapter 4 Social Work in Taiwan, Huang Pei Jie, Ku Yeun Wen; Chapter 5 Social Work in Hong Kong, Ernest W.T. Chui; Chapter 6 Social Work in Thailand, Kitipat Nontapattamadul; Chapter 7 Social Work in Malaysia, Zulkarnain A. Hatta, Zarina Mat Saad; Chapter 8 Social Work in Singapore, Rosaleen Ow; Chapter 9 Social Work in the Philippines, Jem Price; Chapter 10 Social Work Services and Developmental Social Policy, Christian Aspalter;

Biography

Christian Aspalter is Professor and Former Head of the Social Work and Social Administration Programme at Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University, United International College, Zhuhai, China.