International Social Work and the Radical Tradition Michael Lavalette, Iain Ferguson Re-assessment of that tradition within social work which, more than any other, has sought to link public issues' and private troubles' (or, in the contemporary injunction of the anti-capitalist movement to think global, act local'), and to make connections between social work practice and wider social movements. This is the tradition of radical, or activist, social work. Through a series of case studies from several different countries including Nicaragua, India, South Africa and Palestine this book aims to provide such a re-assessment which will be of importance to academics and practitioners who are keen to consider the nature and processes of social work in a changing world. |
