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International Social Work 45(1): 5-6
Sage Publications: London, Thousand Oaks, CA and New Delhi
0020-8728[200201]45:1;5-6; 021034
Editorial
Usually the challenge in writing the Editorial is in choosing from
among several themes that emerge from the articles published in
each edition. This time it is quite different for wherever I start
I find myself drawn to the terrible events of September 11, 2001,
which has changed our lives, our attitudes and our perceptions
about security in this part of the world. We are aware that for
colleagues living in other parts of the world, terrorism has been a
part of one's daily life for many decades, but this is a new reality
for us in North America.
It is evident that the September event had, and still has, inter-
national implications, and since we are an international journal we
need to reflect on its implications for us. As I wrestled with the
various aspects of this new form of international activity the
theme that emerged for me was the phenomonon of size. We have
long lived in a climate where the importance of things was measured
by size, where big is better. Thus, the big country, the big weapons,
the big company and the big budget is by definition better. However,
we have now learned that a score of individuals using the technology
of our daily lives can impact on the whole world in the most horren-
dous manner. Perhaps we have all overstressed the importance of
bigness and underestimated the potential of smallness. Small we
have long said is beautiful, but small is also powerful.
How does this apply to us? We are a small journal in many ways if
one uses size, circulation budget and staff, as the unit of measure-
ment. But we are also a journal that has had an important inter-
national impact over our 45 years of existence. By providing a
medium where colleagues from all parts of the world and from all
manner of settings can share their ideas, experiences, learning and
challenges in a collegial environment, we manifest the potential of
the small unit to be an agent of social change. What has been par-
ticularly satisfying to me in recent years in regard to our journal
has been the steadily widening sources of the articles we receive
and publish. If one reviews the articles included in the last two or](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/intsocwk45&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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