The Handbook of Social Work and Social Development in Africa

ISBN-13: 9780367352226 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 414 str.

Mel Gray

Opis

This book takes a future-oriented perspective that aims to move beyond well-worn critiques to envision constructive and sustainable futures for social work and social development in Africa.

Recenzje

'What a treasure! Mel Gray brings the hidden gems of African social work and social development to light. Thirty chapters cover the challenges and strengths of working with vulnerable groups across Africa. This is an essential resource for anyone interested in developmental social work—in Africa and around the world.' – Alice K. Butterfield, University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A

O autorze

Mel Gray is Professor and Chair of Social Work at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and previously the University KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, where she was born. She edited the first book on Developmental Social Work in South Africa (David Philip 1998) and has long had an interest in the responsive of Western social work to non-Western contexts. She also published Social Work: A beginner’s text (1996), an introduction to the profession for social work students in South Africa.