2012- Volume 21, Issue 4, pp. 5–27 URN:NBN:NL:UI:10-1-113930 ISSN: 1876-8830
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international social work as project manager, researcher, lecturer, author and consultant. He is senior lecturer at NHL University of Applied Sciences in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.
E-mail: socialwork@blok.to
Received: 17 September 2012 Accepted: 13 November 2012 Review category: Policy
A B S T R A C T
Globalizing Social Work: Common Basis and Position
As a result of the accelerating globalization process and its influence on social developments, social policy and social work, there is a growing awareness that social work is an international profession, and that social workers all around the world are confronted with comparable developments, seeking the same type of solutions, using similar forms of intervention, and playing a similar role in society. The aim of this article is to stimulate international awareness within social policy, social work and social work education, by focusing on the common basis of the profession, and discussing the position of social work from an international point of view.
K e y w o r d s
Neoliberalism, managerialism, marketization, body of knowledge, globalization, international social work, history of social work
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