In this singular collection, indigenous experts describe the
social welfare systems of fifteen East Asian and Pacific Island
nations and locales. Vastly understudied, these lands offer key
insight into the successes and failures of Western and native
approaches to social work, suggesting new directions for practice
and research in both local and global contexts.
Combining international experiences and professional knowledge,
contributors illuminate the role of history and culture in shaping
the social welfare systems of Cambodia, China, Hong Kong (SAR,
China), Indonesia, Malaysia, the Micronesian region (including the
Federated States of Micronesia, Guam Unincorporated Territory,
U.S.A.], Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth,
U.S.A.], and Palau), Samoa and American Samoa (Unincorporated
Territory, U.S.A.), South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. The
contributors link the values and issues that concern populaces most
to the development of social work practice, policy, and research.
Sharlene B. C. L. Furuto then conducts a comparative analysis of
the essays including their data and social service programs,
highlighting the similarities and differences between the evolution
of social welfare in these nations and locales. She contrasts their
indigenous approaches, the responses of governments and NGOs to
social issues, the availability of social work education, as well
as API models, paradigms, and templates, and the overall status of
the social work profession. Furuto also adds a chapter comparing
the distinct social welfare systems of Samoa and American Samoa.
The only volume to focus exclusively on social welfare in East Asia
and the Pacific, this anthology holds immense value for
practitioners and researchers eager for global perspectives.
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