Social Work Education in Europe - Traditions and Transformations (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

This contributed volume provides an in-depth overview of current social and socio-political transformations in Europe and their effects on social work and its educational structures. It elucidates these transformations and structures at the individual level of ten different countries and goes on to elaborate a European perspective in this field. Readers gain insight into the variety in social work and its educational structures in Europe and, at the same time, readers receive starting points for the exchange of ideas, collaboration and further development in the individual countries and in Europe. The introduction outlines the current developments and challenges facing social work education in Europe, contextualizing the topics to be covered in the volume. Each chapter offers an individual country profile of social work, including an analysis of typical examples of different traditions of educational models for social work that, collectively, provide insight into an overall "European model of education for social work". The countries selected represent all parts of Europe: Finland Latvia Germany United Kingdom The Netherlands France Italy Croatia Romania Cyprus European Social Work Education: Traditions and Transformations is an essential resource - an up-to-date and differentiated inventory of social work education in Europe from a horizontal and vertical perspective - which describes fields of work and approaches that prepare students to practice social work, examines the degree of academization of the discipline and investigates its structures and conditions. Social workers and social work educators, researchers and practitioners will find this an engaging and useful text.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	European Social Work Education and Practice
Release date:	May 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Marion Laging • Nino Zganec
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	231
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-069700-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Promotions
LSN:	3-03-069700-2
Barcode:	9783030697006

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