International Handbook on Social Work Education

Experts from around the world fill a major gap about social work education with their survey of the state of the field in over 23 countries and regions within the Americas (United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America, South America, Argentina), Europe (United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Germany, Central/Eastern Europe, Russia and the Republics), Africa (Africa, Zimbabwe, South Africa), the Middle East (the Middle East and Egypt, Israel), and Asia and the Pacific (Asia/Pacific, Australia, India, Bangladesh, Japan, China). This reference guide also considers social work education from a comparative and global perspective in terms of current problems and programs and future prospects. Social workers, educators, academics, and professionals will gain from the country studies, international overview, and lengthy bibliographies.

THOMAS D. WATTS is Professor of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington. His most recent book, coauthored with Doreen Elliott and Nazneen S. Mayadas, The World of Social Welfare (1990), deals with social welfare services internationally. Other books include Native American Youth and Alcohol: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood Press, 1989) and Black Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: An Annotated Bibliography(Praeger, 1986).

DOREEN ELLIOTT is Professor of Social Work and Director of the Doctoral program at the University of Texas at Arlington. Her published works include Gender, Delinquency, and Society (1988), Teaching and Learning for Practice (1985), and Residential Care: A Reader in Current Practice and Theory (1980).

NAZNEEN MAYADAS is Professor of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington. She has coedited with Paul Glasser, Group Workers at Work, and has published several journal articles and book chapters related to social work education and practice concerns.