The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work

• Main Author: Kleibl, Tanja
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 2020; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge International Handbooks
• Subjects: African Development; Colonial Systems of Power; colonialism; Critical and Radical Social Work; Decolonising Social Work; education; empowerment; Ethics and Values; Ethnicity and Culture; global south; handbook; Health & Development; Indigenous Social Work; International Social Work and Social Welfare; methods; Postcolonial Social Work; Postcolonial Theory; Postcolonialism; Postcolonialism > Developing countries; Social service; Social service > Practice > Cross-cultural studies; Social service > Practice > Developing countries; social work; Social Work and Development; Social Work and the Legacy of Colonialism; Social Work Exploitation; Social Work in the Global North; Social Work in the Global South; Colonial Systems of Power; education; handbook; Social Work and Development; Yellow Bird; methods; global south; Human Suffering; Vice Versa; Social Work and the Legacy of Colonialism; social work; Social Work in the Global South; empowerment; Decolonial Thinking; Decolonising Social Work; Humanitarian Aid; UN; Developmental Social Work; International Social Work and Social Welfare; Waste Pickers; Social Work in the Global North; Violated; colonialism; Colonial Administration; Postcolonial Theory; Social Work's Mission; Developmental Social Welfare; Social Work Research; Indigenous Social Work; Postcolonial Social Work; Social Work Exploitation; Border Thinking; Critical and Radical Social Work; Africana Womanisms; Social Work Practice; Social Development Approach; Social Work Education; Social Work Profession; Social Work Supervision; IASSW; Ongoing Coloniality
• ISBN: 9780367783785; 1138604070; 9781138604070; 0367783789
• DOI: 10.4324/9780429468728

The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work reflects on and dissects the challenging issues confronting social work practice and education globally in the post-colonial era. By analysing how countries in the so-called developing and developed world have navigated some of the inherited systems from the colonial era, it shows how they have used them to provide relevant social work methods which are also responsive to the needs of a postcolonial setting. This is an analytical and reflexive handbook that brings together different scholars from various parts of the world - both North and South - so as to distill ideas from scholars relating to ways that can advance social work of the South and critique social work of the North in so far as it is used as a template for social work approaches in postcolonial settings. It determines whether and how approaches, knowledge-bases, and methods of social work have been indigenised and localised in the Global South in the postcolonial era. This handbook provides the reader with multiple new theoretical approaches and empirical experiences and creates a space of action for the most marginalised communities worldwide. It will be of interest to researchers and practitioners, as well as those in social work education.