About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

53 Int'l Soc. Work 5 (2010)

handle is hein.journals/intsocwk53 and id is 1 raw text is: Editorial International SocialWork 53(I) 5-7 Editorial ©The Author(s) 2010 Reprints and permission: http://www. sagepub.co.ul/journalsPermission.nav DOI: 10.1177/0020872809355102 http://isw.sagepub.com OSAGE As new Co-Editors for International Social Work we are delighted to contribute our first editorial. We are deeply committed to the journal and to the development of theory, research and practice in international social work. We wish to mark formally the tremendous contribution of the previ- ous Editor, Dr. Karen Lyons, under whose guidance the journal has pro- gressed significantly. We shall build on Karen's dedicated work and hope to add to the international standing of the journal, its impact factor, the diver- sity of its focus and its relevance to policy and practice internationally. With its long, proud history, embedded in the support of JASSW, ICSW, IFSW, and in collaboration with our publishers SAGE, we believe that the journal can increasingly represent international excellence in social work research, policy and practice and act as a forum to respond to some of the key chal- lenges currently facing social work across the globe. Amongst the first of these is the controversy around the definition of international social work, with views ranging from how to define the phrase to the accusation that it provides a vehicle for new forms of western coloni- zation. The practice of locality specific social work within a globalizing world (Dominelli, 2004) is a highly complex endeavour, given that the international and the local both shape, and are shaped by, the other. Such definitional debates raise profound questions about the distribution of the world's resources, poverty and the internationalization of social problems whereby difficulties that arise in one specific part of the globe carry ramifi- cations for others, for example, trafficking in human beings, organized crime in the arms and drug trades, child abductions that cross borders, armed conflicts and migratory movements. Globalizing forces challenge practitioners' understandings of social issues and require them to transcend borders in order to enhance wellbeing by connecting seemingly unrelated global events like climate change with specific local practice issues. Alongside the forces of globalization lies the movement to 'indigenize' social work, rooted in the need for social work educators and practitioners to promote the development of local theories and forms of practice that are based on the specific traditions and customs of indigenous and aboriginal

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most