This book addresses the change of social work in the frame of
modernisation. Through Mary Richmond's classical idea of social
work, the book seeks to set current societal trends affecting
social work into the context of a long historical line, opening
spaces for the new debates within the social work discipline as
well as proposing and taking some new directions in the current era
of compressed modernity. From the viewpoint of social work, there
still is an individual in a situation, however, the situation has
profoundly changed during the past hundred years. Divided into
seven chapters, topics covered include, firstly, the rethinking of
Richmond's original idea, revisiting the modernisation theories and
social transformations as well as discussion on the social work
theories and mandates according to the chosen classics. Secondly,
the book continues with sketching the pillars of compressed
modernity and rethinking the global and local relations. During the
era of glocalisation, polycentrism, digitalisation and
hybridisation, the previous conceptualisations of social theory
have to be reconsidered. Finally, a proposal for glocal social work
vision is represented by setting questions which should be taken
under scrutinity. Academics, researchers, practising social workers
and students of social work, as well as of social policy,
administration, social law and other social sciences, will find
this book to be an essential text for understanding the current
societal changes, trends and tendencies. The book provides a lot of
information for policymakers and citizens interested in the
background knowledge for the contemporary societal situation.
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