Global Social Work: Human Rights, Advocacy, and Sustainability

This book is a product of human-machine collaboration in social work and is a premier in global social work education and practice. Each chapter is organized by the book editor with a human-written introduction. Chapters focus on contemporary issues, providing an updated, comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the latest developments in the field of social work, including social work with marginalized communities, social work and social policy, social work and human rights, social work advocacy, social activism, social work and sustainability. It offers comprehensive literature on global social work, its challenges and future directions. Chapters in this book help readers understanding contemporary debates, discussions and insights on global social work and its growth and development. The book is immensely useful for scholars studying social work, policy, welfare, exclusion and inclusion, sociology and other social science discipline. It is equally valuable to undergraduate and postgraduate social work students across all educational institutions without boundaries.

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