This book provides a machine-generated overview of social work across the globe, providing an in-depth understanding on social work education, practice and research. It shows the latest developments in social work, curriculum, pedagogy, practice, research and clinical social work. Each chapter is organized by the book editor with a human-written introduction. In a time when the world is facing several challenges and social work as a human service profession is getting global recognition and acceptance, it is essential to generate evidence-based literature on the development, changes, and challenges. Chapters in this book help readers understand contemporary debates, discussions and insights on global social work and its growth and development. It is a one-stop resource for scholars studying social work, social policy, social welfare, social exclusion and inclusion, sociology and other social science discipline, as it presents the literature on the recent development of the field in one place. The book is equally valuable to undergraduate and postgraduate social work students across all educational institutions without boundaries.
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Rajendra Baikady is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work, at the Central University of Kerala, India, and Senior Research Associate at the Department of Social Work and Community Development, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has wide research experience in evaluating best practices of social work education and practice in both local and global contexts. Dr. Baikady is the Founding Editor in Chief of the Journal, Discover Global Society published by Springer Nature.
