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Part II - Lenses and Lessons

Towards More Global Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 August 2025

Edited by
Tony Ghaye  and
Rita Sørly
Tony Ghaye
Affiliation:
The Arctic University of Norway
Rita Sørly
Affiliation:
The Arctic University of Norway
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Part II of this book is deliberately called "Lenses and Lessons: Towards more Global Perspectives" as it takes the reader on a journey from Pacific social work across to East Africa and into Europe. It explicity acknowledges the interdependence of the local with the global and that social work is a profession which is shaped by and in turn shapes these geopolitical and socioeconomic contexts. Framed by multiple global crises such as wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, a once-in-a-century pandemic, widespread economic turmoil, a reckoning on race, mass illegal migration, rising inequality, post- and anti-colonial views on social work and much more, the reaffirmation of positive and purposeful and socially relevant social work is illuminated and justified. The issues in Part II can be set against the International Federation of Social Workers definition of social work as “a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that facilitates social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people.” In Part II there are implications for social work education, practices, and policy.

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global perspectiverelationship-based practicesinterdependenceinequitiesstructuressystemsperspectivismpositive impactsocial work intelligences

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Learning through Social Work Stories-That-Matter
Global Perspectives
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Lenses and Lessons
  • Edited by Tony Ghaye, The Arctic University of Norway, Rita Sørly, The Arctic University of Norway
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  • Book: Learning through Social Work Stories-That-Matter
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009386180.025
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