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Social Welfare for a Global Era
International Perspectives on Policy and Practice



April 2016 | 264 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Written by internationally renowned author and scholar James Midgley, Social Welfare for a Global Era provides a comprehensive framework for examining social welfare from a global perspective. Drawing on a large body of literature and his own extensive knowledge of the field, Dr. Midgley offers students, scholars, and practitioners an up-to-date account of the complex ways social well-being is enhanced in the global era, including the major welfare institutions that provide a cultural context for social welfare policy and practice. 
 
Part I: The Global Context
 
Chapter 1: The Field of International Social Welfare
Practical Aspects of International Social Welfare

 
Academic Aspects of International Social Welfare

 
International Social Welfare: Benefits and Challenges

 
 
Chapter 2: Understanding the Modern World: From Nation State to Global Era
Nation States and the Emergence of the Global Era

 
Nation States and the Modern World

 
Social Conditions in the Modern World

 
 
Chapter 3: Globalization and the Global Era
Globalization: Historical and Academic Perspectives

 
Unraveling Globalization: Definition and Dimensions

 
The Impact of Globalization

 
Responding to Globalization

 
 
Part II: Promoting Social Welfare in the Global Era
 
Chapter 4: Families, Communities and Nonformal Welfare
The Nature of Nonformal Welfare

 
Challenges to Nonformal Welfare

 
Formalization, Integration and Opportunities

 
 
Chapter 5: Nonprofits and Faith-based Services: International Dimensions
Defining Nonprofits and Faith-based Organizations

 
Nonprofits and Faith-based Organizations in International Context

 
The Role of the Voluntary Sector

 
 
Chapter 6: Professional Social Work in the International Context
The Nature of Social Work

 
Social Work Around the World

 
International Social Work: Challenges and Issues

 
 
Chapter 7: Welfare, Markets and Commercial Provision
Understanding Markets and Commercial Providers

 
Varieties of Market-based Welfare

 
The Limitations of Markets and Commercial Provision

 
 
Chapter 8: Government Welfare in the Modern World
Defining the State and State Welfare

 
The Historical Evolution of State Welfare

 
State Welfare Around the World

 
 
Chapter 9: Governments, Welfare and Social Change
Analyzing Social Change

 
Changing State Welfare: From Golden Age to Crisis and Beyond

 
The Future of State Welfare: Shaping the New Pluralism

 
 
Chapter 10: Social Welfare and International Social Development
Features of Social Development

 
Social Development: Theory and Practice

 
Social Development: Limitations and Prospects

 
 
Part III: Social Welfare for a Global Era
 
Chapter 11: International Collaboration in Social Welfare
History of International Social Welfare Cooperation

 
Promoting International Social Welfare Cooperation

 
Issues and Challenges in Social Welfare Cooperation

 
 
Chapter 12: Epilogue: Towards a Global Perspective in Social Welfare
Roots of the One World Perspective

 
Elements of a One World Perspective

 
Challenges to a One World Perspective: Values and Power

 

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