1st Edition
The Routledge International Handbook of Glocal Social Work
Introduction
PART I: Foundations and Perspectives
Chapter One – Human Rights, Social Justice and Transformation Practice
Janet Walker and Panagiotis Pentaris
Chapter Two – Social Work – The Importance of Social, Economic and Political Analysis to Develop Frameworks for Intervention
Gary Spolander and Maria Lúcia Teixeira Garcia
Chapter Three – INvisible GOvernors? INGOs and the Identity of Social Work in Lebanon
Jana Abdel-Jawadova, Konstantinos Roussos and Aaron Wyllie
Chapter Four – (Re)Connecting Communities and Social Work: The Power of Arts-Based Practice in a Glocalised World
María Cantone Núñez and Ana Esgaio
PART II: Local Responses to Global Phenomena
Chapter Five – Humanitarian Partnerships in Crisis: Examining Social Care Worker-Refugee Collaboration for COVID-19 Mitigation in Rohingya Camps
Sharif Haider and Md Fakhrul Alam
Chapter Six – Food Insecurity and Alleviating Hunger
Pamela Louise Graham, Alison McInnes and Alex Mugyisha
Chapter Seven – Global Social Work for the Promotion of Sustainable Urban Housing
German Michelena Larrosa and Janet Walker
Chapter Eight – Surviving in the Streets: Challenges and Solutions for Bangladeshi Street Children
Sharif Haider and Forhad Hossain
Chapter Nine – Street Children’s Well-Being and Rights: The Role of Social Work Organisations in Accra, Ghana
Abraham Tetteh Teye
Chapter Ten – Loss and Grief in the Context of (Forced) Migration: Implications for International Social Work Practice
Lena S. Opfermann and Kwanele Shishane
Chapter Eleven – Working with Forcibly Displaced Individuals and Listening to Their Voices
Karen Meixner and Alison McInnes
Chapter Twelve – The End of ‘The War on Drugs?’: The Engagement of Social Work in Global Drug Reform
Oliver Dinwoodie
Chapter Thirteen – "Permanent Temporariness" Through the Lens of Intersectional Microaggression: A Framework for Social Work for Afghan Male Refugee Students in Universities in Delhi
Akanksha Dochania
PART III: Preparing Social Workers for Global-Local Engagement
Chapter Fourteen – Glocal Social Work Education: Engaging with the Global Standards Within Local Frameworks
Victoria Sharley, Hanh Tu Duc Nguyen and Susan Levy
Chapter Fifteen – International Social Work Placements: Mediating the Local and the Global
Natalie Kenely, Claudia Psaila and Damian Spiteri
Chapter Sixteen – Adapting Social Work Education to Respond to Local and Global Needs
Emarely Rosa-Dávila and Beverly Wagner
Chapter Seventeen – Imagined Life of Transnational Zimbabwe Social Workers in England
Noel Garikai Muridzo and Rudo Memory Mukurazhizha
Chapter Eighteen – Decolonising Academic Partnerships Between the United Kingdom and East Africa – The Ubuntu Partnership
Jill Childs, Janestic Mwende Twikirize, Karin M. Cooper, Consolée Uwihangana, Susan Muchiri and Bienvenu Munyerere
Chapter Nineteen – An Afrocentric Parenting Skills Programme: A Framework for a Culturally Responsive Group Work Practice Approach
Poppy Kate Masinga, Nkamogeleng Kgomotso Mmalesiba Ntlatleng and Thando Dimakatso Msimango
Chapter Twenty – Decolonizing the “Well-Being” Concept and Social Work Practice Through the Lens of Buddhism
Carmen Yau and Chi Fung (David) Siu
Chapter Twenty-One – Applying Transnational Feminism to International Social Work: Decolonizing Practices in Social Work Education, Research and Practice
Sameena Azhar
PART IV: Broader Issues and Future Directions
Chapter Twenty-Two – Critical Race Theory and Decoloniality: Comparative Reflections of the Role of Race and Identity in Social Work Education and Society in the United States and South Africa
Cudore L. Snell and Glynnis Dykes
Chapter Twenty-Three – Challenges and Opportunities to Contemporary Child Protection System: Key Elements for Child-Centred Systems
Christos Panagiotopoulos
Chapter Twenty-Four – Mental Health and International and National Politics
Cllr Manju Shahul‑Hameed
Chapter Twenty-Five – The Securitisation of the Refugee Crisis and Attitudes Towards Refugees
Evgenia Pastira
Chapter Twenty-Six – Harmonisation of Local Capacities and Global Standards in the Provision of Social Services – The Context of the Republic of Serbia
Jovana Škorić
Chapter Twenty-Seven – Equitable and Sustainable Long -Care Systems for Older People and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Social Work Response
Overson Musopero and Janet Walker
Chapter Twenty-Eight – The Struggle for Knowledge: Human Rights, Education and Community
John Lockhart and Prachi Grover
Chapter Twenty-Nine – Ecosocial Challenges as an Opportunity to Rethink Social Work in a Critical Glocal Perspective
Urban Nothdurfter and Maria Chiara Pedroni
Biography
Panagiotis Pentaris is an Associate Professor of Social Work and Thanatology in Thanatology Research Lab and the Department of Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies, Goldsmiths University of London.
Janet Walker is a Professor of Social Work in the School of Health and Social Care, University of Lincoln.
