Global Social Transformation and Social Action: The Role of Social Workers

Sven Hessle is Professor of Social Work at Stockholm University in Sweden and Editor in Chief of The International Journal of Social Welfare.

• List of Figures and Tables, Notes on Contributors, 1. Introduction, 2. We Meet as Brothers and Sisters – Human Solidarity in Global Relationships, 3. Desirable Social Policy Consequences of the Arab Spring, 4. Social Media and the Arab Spring: “Tunisnews” as a Model, 5. Fighting Poverty and Social Protection, 6. Social Work in Contexts of Political and Military Conflicts, 7. Migration: Challenges and Possibilities, 8. Families in Transition, 9. Social Media and its Impact on Social Development, 10. Transforming Organisations and Creative Practice, 11. Recognising the Face of the Other: Difference, Identity and Community, Appendix: The Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development, Index

'These three volumes [see also Human Rights and Social Equality: Challenges for Social Work and Environmental Change and Sustainable Social Development] have the intention of covering the ’most important social aspects of social work and development in the world today’, a writes Sven Hessle, Professor of Social Work at Stockholm University, in the introduction to the volumes. ... The many contributions of three volumes, albeit very diverse in form as well as in substance, provide food for thought about the global agenda.' European Journal of Social Work