International Social Work and the Radical Tradition Author:Editors: Michael Lavalette & Iain Ferguson social welfare services – including

social welfare services – including social work – are being transformed

The work will explore the dilemmas

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International Social Work and the Radical Tradition Author:Editors: Michael Lavalette & Iain Ferguson social welfare services – includingAt the beginning of the 21st century international social work is faced with a paradox. The spread of neo liberal globalisation has created a situation in which social work is beginning to emerge and develop in many countries where previously it did not exist. Yet this growth of social work internationally is taking place at a time where there is a widespread acceptance that social work in many Western countries is in crisis, often due to the