Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/43725

OpenURL Link
Title
Indigenous social work around the world: towards culturally relevant education and practice
Author/Creator
Gray, Mel;  Coates, John;  Yellow Bird, Michael
Institution
University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Humanities and Social Science
Description
How can mainstream Western social work learn from and in turn help advance indigenous practice? This volume brings together prominent international scholars involved in both Western and indigenous social work across the globe – including James Midgley, Linda Briskman, Alean Al-Krenawi and John R. Graham – to discuss some of the most significant global trends and issues relating to indigenous and cross-cultural social work. The contributors identify ways in which indigenization is shaping professional social work practice and education, and examine how social work can better address diversity in international exchanges and cross-cultural issues within and between countries. Key theoretical, methodological and service issues and challenges in the indigenization of social work are reviewed, including the way in which adaptation can lead to more effective practices within indigenous communities and emerging economies, and how adaptation can provide greater insight into cross-cultural understanding and practice.
Relation
Contemporary Social Work Studies
Relation
http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754648383
Date
2008
Publisher
Ashgate
Keyword(s)
social work;  indigenous peoples;  study and teaching;  indigenous communities
Resource Type
book
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/43725
Identifier
ISBN:9780754648383
48 Visitors 56 Hits 0 Downloads
Save/E-mail Citation
Citation Format
E-mail Address
Subject
"Indigenous social work around the world: towards culturally relevant education and practice"
 
OR