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This article is based on two studies conducted in Guangzhou and Hong Kong. It argues that many managerial women in these two Chinese cities rely mainly on an individual approach to reduce their social exclusion and simultaneously use implicit actions to challenge structural inadequacies in the family and the work place.

A comparison of social work practice in rural areas of the United States and Australia reflects similar characteristics. Findings add support to the assertion that there are particular qualities to practice in the rural context that are embedded in the subtleties of shaping social work roles to fit into rural culture.

Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) is a fast-growing model of providing services to people with disabilities. This article introduces the underlying philosophy and structure of the CBR model; the strengths and weaknesses of the model; and its implications for social workers in the field of disability services throughout the world.

The European trend away from welfare statism and towards consumerism is usually regarded as a shift from social development to social delimitation. However, consumerism has the potential to promote procedural rights, to be responsive to individual needs and to treat service users as rational agents.

Most of the street-based children are not educated beyond primary school and their living conditions are based on begging and doing odd jobs in the market and streets. Forty-six percent of the on-the-street children live with one parent, and 97 percent of the of-the-street children have lost contact with their parents. The on-the-street children have a higher percentage of family sector networks than the of-the-street children and the shelter or institutionalized children. Generally, school children still have strong family ties.

This discussion is addressed to the question of human rights in South Africa. It argues that the profession of social work must continue to champion and shape a human rights discourse in the current democratic order.

This study assessed the role of the hospital social worker during the hospital stay and post-discharge period. Findings revealed that social workers performed various tasks, and the most common concerns of patients were coping and/or post-discharge issues. Findings also demonstrated the complexity of this role in meeting the needs of patients.

Teaching, practice and research are the three integral missions of social work educators. This article uses examples of the empowerment curriculum and problem-based learning to illustrate how social work teachers can play the role of a practitioner-researcher-educator to promote social justice and anti-discrimination in the globalization process.

The article studies the occupational security and the perception of the economic situation of Russian immigrants in Israel and other Israelis. Similar rates of job security were found in the two groups. It is suggested that cultural factors and policies of integration of immigrants into the labor force affect these .ndings.

This article highlights the inextricable relationship between research methodology, ways of knowing and culture. Issues and problems of applying western research methodology in the context of the writer's research in Malaysia are discussed. The writer concludes that theoretical development of culturally appropriate social work practice needs to be conducted within an indigenous research paradigm.

This is a comparison of child welfare in the USA and Japan. It identi.es some of the major problems facing children in the two countries, presents policy and legislation relating to children, and explores services and programs available.