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The handbook of social work and social development practice in Africa / edited by Mel Gray.
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Description
xxxii, 413 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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HV438.A2 H36 2017
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Social service
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Africa
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Social problems
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Africa
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Africa
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1960-
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Gray, Mel, 1951-
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Routledge international handbooks
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Summary note
All recent books on international social work mention Africa only briefly and few engage with the broader field of development studies. This book focuses solely on the unique African context engaging with issues relating to social work and development more broadly thus enabling a deeper examination and more complex and nuanced picture to emerge. Unlike most academic works, this book highlights multiple practitioner voices, with authors or co-authors that have recently been or are currently practising social workers. As an edited book, it draws from both academic research as well as lived practice experience, supported by strong theoretical positioning and guidance in introductory chapters, drawing on African literature, wherever possible. Looking at case-studies from Lesotho, Botswana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Namibia, Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, and Tanzania and covering established areas of practice such as child protection; working with older people; working with people with disabilities; mental health; and mainstream services targeting women as well as emerging areas of developmental social work practice, such as humanitarian assistance in post-conflict situations; work with immigrants and refugees; and the training of community-based workers, 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 from a critical perspective.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Discourses shaping development, foreign aid, and poverty reduction policies in Africa : implications for social work / Mel Gray and Samuel Ben Ariong
Has social work come of age? Revisiting authentisation 25 years on / Ibrahim Ragab
Social work practice in Lesotho's Ministry of Social Development / Jotham Dhemba and Masealimo Marumo
Social work practice within state social provision in Ghana / Rose Korang-Okrah, Alice Boateng, Augustina Naami, and Akosua Obuo Addo
Social protection and social work practice in Zambia / Fred Moonga
Social work practice with children in Botswana : issues, challenges, and future prospects / Pelonomi Letshwiti-Macheng and Rodreck Mupedziswa
Social work practice in child and family welfare in Ghana / Anastasia Kpei Mawudoku and Kwabena Frimpong-Manso
The role of social work in the protection of vulnerable children : lessons from Zimbabwe / Mildred Mushunje
Decolonising childcare practice in rural Zimbabwe : embracing local cultures / Edmos Mtetwa and Munyaradzi Muchacha
Social work practice with older people : perspectives from East Africa / Helmut Spitzer and Zena M. Mabeyo
Social work engagement in the community-based care of older people in Namibia / Janetta Ananias, Leigh-Ann Black, and Herman Strydom
Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) in Uganda : a role for social work? / Charlotte Persson
The role of social workers in the social management of epilepsy in Africa / Jacob Mugumbate, Harmiena Riphagenn, and Rosemary Gathara
Improving mental healthcare in Ghana : the role of social work practice / Mavis Dako-Gyeke and Humphrey Kofie
Social work practice in Ethiopian civil society organisations for people living with HIV and AIDS / Wassie Kebede and Ashenafi Hagos
Providing a lifeline for female survivors of human trafficking in Ghana / David Okech and Alexis Danikuu
Social justice and the moral question : foregrounding the paradox of teenage motherhood and education in Uganda / Annah Kamusiime and Doris M. Kakuru
Same-sex relationships among women in Botswana : developmental challenges for society and social work / Gloria Jacques
Poverty alleviation, development, and social work practice in West Africa : a focus on Senegal / Jessica H. Jönsson
Social protection and social work in Uganda / Paul Bukuluki, Ronard Mukuye, John-Bosco Mubiru, and Jane Namuddu
Decolonising social work practice in Nigeria : from indigenisation to development / Ernest Osas Ugiagbe
Violence against children in Malawi and social work / B. Ross, Karen Rotabi, and N. Maksud
Vyama in Kenya : an Afrocentric strengths-based approach to community development / Gidraph G. Wairire and John Muiruri
Community development in South Africa : collective action for social change / Lambert Engelbrecht and Mornay Pretorius
Social work practice in Rwanda : the challenge of adapting Western models to fit local contexts / Charles Kalinganire, So`Nia Gilkey, and Laura J. Haas
Post-conflict humanitarian assistance in northern Uganda : the social work role / Victoria Flavia Namuggala and David Kinyumu Katende
Social work practice with war-related humanitarian refugees through the refugee law project in Uganda / Peninah Kansiime and Sharlotte Tusasiirwe
Strengthening Tanzania's social welfare workforce to provide ongoing support services to vulnerable children and families / Leah Omari, Nathan Linsk, and Sally Mason
Social work practice in the NGO sector in Uganda and Kenya : opportunities and challenges / Janestic M. Twikirize
Addressing gender inequality among girls and women : role of social work in the girl power programme in Zambia / Michelo Chilwalo, Joseph Mumba Zulu and Lazarus Mwale.
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9781472468512 ((hardback))
1472468511 ((hardback))
9781315557359 ((ebook))
1315557355 ((ebook))
LCCN
2016022833
OCLC
949922801
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