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1. Introduction / Sven Hessle -- 2. We meet as brothers and sisters : human solidarity in global relationships / Malcolm Payne -- 3. Desirable social policy consequences of the Arab Spring / Chakib Benmoussa -- 4 Social media and the Arab Spring : "Tunisnews" as a model / Mehdi Gharbi -- 5. Fighting poverty and social protection -- 6. Social work in contexts of political and military conflicts -- 7. Migration : challenges and possibilities -- 8. Families in transition -- 9. Social media and its impact on social development -- 10. Transforming organisations and creative practice -- 11. Recognising the face of the other : difference, identity and community / Walter A. Lorenz.

1. Introduction / Sven Hessle -- 2. The government of Canada : on trial for the racial discrimination of First nation's children / Cindy Blackstock -- 3. Environmental social work : a future of curiosity, contemplation and connection / Fred Besthorn -- 4. Disaster management : perspectives for social work and social development disaster management -- 5. Indigenous understanding of environmental change and its social consequences -- 6. Integrating economic, environmental and social perspectives -- 7. Social action for clean water -- 8. Social economy and sustainable social development : local lessons: global challenges -- 9. Sustainable social development : research, education and practice -- 10. Environmental justice at the heart of social work practice : greening the profession / Lena Dominelli.

The mission of the social work profession and the development of social policy are rooted in a set of core values and are the foundation of social work's unique purpose and perspective. Human rights offer a normative base for social work and for the formation of inclusive social policies. This informative and incisively written edited collection brings together experts from around the world to explore the tension between a normative and a political base of social work and social development and, therefore, to address the question: How can social work and social policies contribute in the endeavor to respect, protect and fulfill human rights? This volume will show that there is no straightforward answer to this question owing to the clash between different sociocultural and local conditions and demands for universal human rights

How does climate change affect social work and social development? What actions are needed to integrate the three pillars of economic development, environmental development and social protection? This informative and incisively written edited collection brings together experts from around the world to analyse the person-in-environment concept and to find measures for its implementation. Through the presentation of theoretical and practical platforms for environmental social work or 'green social work', the editors hope to bring about a new paradigmatic shift in our attitude to the concept of p.

Immediately after the civil war among the nations of former Yugoslavia that took place 1992–1995, Swedish members of the social work faculty were recruited by UNICEF to support the organising of foster homes for war‐orphaned children. Around 20 projects, some initiated by UNICEF and others by SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) were also organised with Sarajevo University as the main location of the administration. At the request of the Parliament of Republika Srpska, a new school of social work was established at the University of Banja Luka. This was a successful project thanks to network collaboration among the faculties of social work in the former Yugoslavian nations and with academic contributions from universities from Sweden and Berlin. In this article, the two social welfare projects based in Sarajevo and Banja Luka are presented. Together with an accompanying group of experts, I found that an explorative mindset and an abductive approach were helpful tools in dialogues with our partners in the developing world.