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52 Int'l Soc. Work 5 (2009)

handle is hein.journals/intsocwk52 and id is 1 raw text is: International Social Work 52(1): 5-8p Sage Publications: Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC DOI: 10.1177/0020872808100684 Editorial The first issue of a new volume usually provides scope to look ahead with optimism. However, the economic downturn that hit the USA last year - and which has since spread to the other countries including European and Asian markets - has resulted in a period of considerable uncertainty and pessimism. The 'recession' illustrates both the intercon- nectedness of the world economy and the impact of financial markets on the daily lives of millions of citizens. This situation has led to some questioning of the dominant ideology of capitalism and the lack of reg- ulation of financial institutions by a minority of voices. However, at the time of writing there is no indication of serious challenges to a system which is now truly global since its extension to Central and Eastern European (CEE) and Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries - and more recently China. Of course, social workers and those working in the social develop- ment field are familiar with the unremitting effects of absolute or even relative poverty, and some of these issues were addressed in the special issue on poverty and social development we produced last year. Cur- rent conditions have since brought new groups into poverty, and the resources available to tackle associated problems such as homelessness or poor health have been even further diminished, particularly in rela- tion to the activities of non-governmental organizations. In relation to health, we shall be producing a special issue with a focus on inequalities in access to health care and the role of social and development workers in this field later this year. We are also looking forward to an issue on a more obviously 'international' aspect of social work, namely, inter- country adoption. Turning to this issue, we had not planned to have a special issue on social work education but, since we regularly receive submissions about different aspects of this area, we decided to group some of them together in a themed issue. The later papers in this issue link to a sub- theme related to development of services for children and young people in selected places and circumstances.

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