Lynne M. Healy, PhD, is Professor and Director of the Center for International Social Work Studies at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work.

Rosemary J. Link, PhD, is Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Simpson College, Iowa.

Advisory Board

Doreen Elliott, former Chair, Global Commission, Council on Social Work Education, Professor of Social Work & Distinguished Teaching Professor, School of Social Work, University of Texas, Arlington, USA.

Julia Guevara, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, Assessment, Accreditation, and Planning; Professor of Social Work, Grand Valley University, Michigan, USA.

Karen Lyons, Editor in Chief, International Social Work (2005-2009) Emeritus Professor of International Social Work, London Metropolitan University, London, UK.

James Midgley, Harry and Riva Specht Professor of Social Work and Dean Emeritus, School of Social Welfare, University of California-Berkeley, USA.

Ngoh Tiong Tan, Professor and Dean, School of Human Development and Social Services, SIM University, Singapore.

Abye Tasse, Immediate Past-President, International Association of Schools of Social Work (2004-2008), Advisor to the President, University of Nouakchott, Nouakchott, Mauritania.

Gabi Cacinovic Vogrincic, Professor and founding Dean of Family Social Work and Family Psychology, School of Social Work, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Maureen Wilson, Professor and Associate Dean, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Canada.

Contributors

Tatsuru Akimoto
Director, Professor, President of APASWE
Asian Center for Welfare Society
College of Social Work
Japan Women's University
Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture
Japan

Gary Bailey, MSW, ACSW
Associate Professor, President of IFSW
School of Social Work
Simmons College
Boston, Massachusetts
USA

Peta-Anne Baker, PhD
Lecturer, Head of Social Work Unit
Department of Sociology, Psychology, and Social Work
Mona
Jamaica

Angeline Barretta-Herman
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Office of Academic Affairs
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul, Minnesota
USA

Amy Bess, MSW
Senior Practice Associate
Human Rights and International Affairs
National Association of Social Workers
Washington, DC
USA

Lois Bosch, PhD
Associate Professor, Director
Department of Social Work
Augsburg College
Minneapolis, Minnesota
USA

Martha Bragin, PhD
Associate Professor
Hunter College School of Social Work
City University of New York
New York, New York
USA

Annamaria Campanini, PhD
Professor, President of the Degree Course in Social Work, President of EASSW
Corso di Laurea in Servizio Sociale
V. Università
Parma
Italy

Moon Choi
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Epidemiology and Community Health
School of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
USA

Elaine Congress
Professor, Associate Dean
Institute for Women and Girls
Graduate School of Social Service
Fordham University
New York, New York
USA

Joanne Corbin
Associate Professor
School for Social Work
Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts
USA

Denys Correll
Executive Director
International Council on Social Welfare
Utrecht
Netherlands

Charles "Chuck" Cowger, PhD
Professor Adjunct
Special Degree Program
Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs
University of Missouri
Colombia, Missouri
USA

Govind Dhaske
Social Work Practitioner
Fraternity of Local Knowledge Saviours
Karad
India

Lena Dominelli
Professor
School of Applied Social Sciences
Durham University
Durham
United Kingdom

Doreen Elliott, PhD
Professor
School of Social Work
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas
USA

Andy Elvin
Chief Executive
International Social Service, UK
London
United Kingdom

Christina L. Erickson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Social Work
Augsburg College
Minneapolis, Minnesota
USA

Thomas P. Felke, PhD
Adjunct Professor
School of Social Work
University of Connecticut
West Hartford, Connecticut
USA

Kristin M. Ferguson, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
USA

Nigel Hall
Senior Lecturer
School of Social Work
Kingston University
London
United Kingdom

Scott Harding, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
University of Connecticut
West Hartford, Connecticut
USA

Jesse Harris, PhD
Professor
School of Social Work
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
USA

Lynne M. Healy, PhD
Professor
School of Social Work
University of Connecticut
West Hartford, Connecticut
USA

Sven Hessle
Editor in Chief, International Journal of Social Welfare
Department of Social Work
Stockholm University
Stockholm
Sweden

Kimberly Hinds
Lecturer
Department of Sociology, Psychology, and Social Work
University of the West Indies
Mona
Jamaica

M. C. "Terry" Hokenstad, PhD
Ralph S. and Dorothy P. Schmitt Professor
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
USA

Dorothee Hölscher
Lecturer
School of Social Work and Community Development
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus
Durban
South Africa

Nathalie Huegler
Practicing Senior Social Worker, London
Part-time Lecturer
Faculty of Applied Social Sciences
London Metropolitan University
London
United Kingdom

Gunn Strand Hutchinson, PhD
Associate Professor
Section for Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences
Bodø University College
Bodø
Norway

Lorne Jaques, PhD
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
Canada

Therese Jennissen, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada

Jay T. Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Geography Department
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
USA

Hugo Kamya, PhD
Professor
School of Social Work
Simmons College
Boston, Massachusetts
USA

Pat Lager
Director of International Programs
College of Social Work
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
USA

Christine Lambert
Director
Director of Case Management
International Social Service General Secretariat
Geneva
Switzerland

Horace Levy
Lecturer
Faculty of Social Sciences
Mona
Jamaica

Kathryn Libal, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
University of Connecticut
West Hartford, Connecticut
USA

Rosemary J. Link, PhD
Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs
Evening, Weekend, and Graduate Program
Simpson College
Indianola, Iowa
USA

Colleen Lundy, PhD
Professor
School of Social Work
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada

Karen Lyons, PhD
Emeritus Professor (International Social Work)
Faculty of Applied Social Sciences
London Metropolitan University
London
United Kingdom

Robin Mama, PhD
Dean, Professor
School of Social Work
Monmouth University
West Long Branch, New Jersey
USA

Susan Mapp, PhD
Associate Professor, Department Chair
Department of Social Work
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
USA

Golam M. Mathbor, PhD
Professor, Associate Dean
The Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Monmouth University
West Long Branch, New Jersey
USA

Sally Mathiesen, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
San Diego State University
San Diego, California
USA

John Maxwell, PhD
Retired Senior Lecturer, Social Work
University of the West Indies
Mona
Jamaica

Goutham M. Menon, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Social Work
College of Public Policy
University of Texas
San Antonio, Texas
USA

James Midgley, PhD
Professor, Dean Emeritus
School of Social Welfare
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, California
USA

Lengwe-Katembula Mwansa, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Social Work
University of Botswana
Gaborone
Botswana

Vimla Nadkarni, PhD
Professor, Dean
School of Social Work
Tata Institute for Social Sciences
Mumbai
India

Mary Nash, PhD
Senior Lecturer
School of Health and Social Services
Massey University
Palmerston North
New Zealand

Carolyn Noble, PhD
Professor
School of Social Sciences and Psychology
Victoria University
Footscray
Australia

Felicity Northcott, PhD
Director
Arthur C. Helton Institute for the Study of International Social Service
International Social Service, USA
Baltimore, Maryland
USA

Irene Queiro-Tajalli, PhD
Professor, Interim Director of Labor Studies Program
School of Social Work
Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana
USA

Frank B. Raymond, PhD
Professor Emeritus
College of Social Work
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
USA

Narda Razack, PhD
Professor, Graduate Program Director
School of Social Work
York University
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Elizabeth Reichert, PhD
Professor
School of Social Work
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois
USA

Dennis J. Ritchie, PhD
Professor
Department of Social Work
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
USA

Jini L. Roby
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
USA

Letnie F. Rock, PhD
Lecturer, Department Head
Department of Government, Sociology, and Social Work
University of the West Indies
Cave Hill
Barbados

Julie Gilbert Rosicky
Executive Director
International Social Service, USA
Baltimore, Maryland
USA

Karen Smith Rotabi, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
USA

Alison Rowlands, PhD
Director Practice Standards
NSW Department of Family and Community Services
Australia

Uma A. Segal, PhD
Professor
School of Social Work
University of Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
USA

Silvia Staub-Bernasconi, PhD
Professor
Zentrums für Postgraduale Studien Sozialer Arbeit
Berlin
Germany

Ngoh Tiong Tan, PhD
Professor and Dean
School of Human Development and Social Services
SIM University
Singapore

Rebecca L. Thomas, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
University of Connecticut
West Hartford, Connecticut
USA

W. Duffie VanBalkom, PhD
Professor
Faculty of Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
Canada

Katherine van Wormer, PhD
Professor
Department of Social Work
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa
USA

Gabi Cacinovic Vogrincic, PhD
Professor
Faculty of Social Work
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Slovenia

Julia Watkins, PhD
Executive Director
Council on Social Work Education
Alexandria, Virginia
USA

Janice Wood Wetzel
Chief Representative, IASSW
United Nations
New York, New York
USA

Lincoln O. Williams
Staff Tutor
Social Welfare Training Center
University of the West Indies
Mona
Jamaica

Maureen Wilson, PhD
Professor
Faculty of Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
Canada

Stuart Wilson
UN Representative
HelpAge International
New York, New York
USA

Joseph Wronka, PhD
Professor
School of Social Work
Springfield College
Springfield, Massachusetts
USA

Michael Yellow Bird, PhD
Professor
Department of Social Work
Humboldt State University
Arcata, California
USA

Michael J. Zakour, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Social Work
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
USA

Darja Zavirsek, PhD
Professor
Faculty of Social Work
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Slovenia

Jelka Zorn
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Social Work
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Slovenia

"This handbook is the most comprehensive volume of the theory and practice of international social work. Case examples of international social work are highlighted. This handbook will serve as an excellent text for courses in international social work and international social development and as a reference for courses in human behavior and the social environment, social policy and additional methods courses in community building, community organization, social planning, and social development." -- Frederick L. Ahearn, DSW, Ordinary Professor and Co-Director, Center for International Social Development, Catholic University of America

"The handbook is an innovative collection of contemporary narratives and research concerning international social work. It is startling in its range and will be an essential ingredient for the social work curriculum. This content welcomes interdisciplinarity and is equally valuable to undergraduate and graduate study. The emphasis that social work is a human rights profession is of profound, significant importance. This is a 'must-have' resource for practitioners and all professionals interested in international issues of social work." -- Lea Sugman Bohinc, PhD, Senior Lecturer of Social Work, Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

"The profession of social work is a complex one-made even more complex when viewed from a global perspective. This handbook simplifies this view by presenting specific examples of new approaches to global problems and increased awareness of old ones. At the same time it magnifies the nature of international social work by assembling a comprehensive and inclusive volume that presents almost encyclopedic knowledge of theories, concepts, history, methods, problems, laws, and careers. Any scholar or practitioner who wants to appreciate the scope of global social work will want this book as a part of their library." -- Jean K. Quam, PhD, Dean, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

"This is a monumental masterpiece that is destined to become a classic text for students, scholars and practitioners interested in international social work across the globe. It is comprehensive, analytical, and thought-provoking, and is able to capture the dynamic interplay between global issues and local practice in a most powerful and captivating manner. Written by distinguished authors from diverse national and cultural backgrounds, the Handbook has not only enriched our understanding of global issues confronting the international social work community, but has also rekindled our sense of responsibility for social change and development through global action and international collaboration." -- Angelina Yuen, PhD, Professor and Vice President, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; and President, International Association of Schools of Social Work