Edited by Hugh McLaughlin, Emeritus Professor of Social Work, Department of Social Care and Social Work, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and Barbra Teater, Professor of Social Work, Department of Social Work, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, USA

• Contents1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Social Work and SocietiesHugh McLaughlin and Barbra TeaterPART I GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIETY2 An overview of contemporary social work in ArgentinaMelisa Campana Alabarce, Mariana Servio, Mariela Morandi andMaité Muñoa3 Social work education and practice in AustraliaChristine Morley4 Social work in Flanders (Belgium): state-civil society relationships under pressurePeter Raeymaeckers, Mieke Schrooten and Liesbeth Naessens5 100 years of social work in Chile: research trajectories and challenges forthe production of knowledge for the futureGabriela Rubliar Donoso and Gianinna Muñoz Arce6 Social work in mainland China: achievement and challenges since 1987Yajun Song and Xuesong He7 Social work in GreeceSofia Dedotsi and Georgia-Eleni Lempesi8 “The crisis of the profession or social workers in the trap”: challenges forsocial work in HungaryJudit Csoba9 Social work in MalaysiaAzlinda Azman, Paramjit Singh, Jamir Singh, Sara AshencaenCrabtree and Jonathan Parker10 Social work in Aotearoa New ZealandLiz Beddoe11 Social work in South AfricaStephan Geyer and Linda Harms-Smith12 Social work in the United KindgomHelen Scholar and Lynda Shentall13 The United States social welfare stateJamie Borgan14 Social work as a profession in Vietnam: an overviewDinh Phuong LinhPART II RESEARCH AND CLIENT GROUPS15 The protection of children in EnglandCiarán Murphy16 Mending the gaps in times of polarisation and social exclusionCecilia Heule and Helen Casey17 Why the affirmation model is important for social work practiceColin Cameron18 Social work practice with individuals with intellectual disabilitiesSabretta G. Alford19 Social work and LGBTQ+ individuals and groupsJason Schaub, Cecilia Dubois, Dora Jandric and Willem Stander20 Social work and people who use drugs: implications for practice andresearch in the United StatesLindsey Cantelme, Nika Hernandez and Natasha Mendoza21 Social work practice with older adultsSabretta G. Alford and Bobbie Watkins22 Tiptoeing across colonial borders: what migrants and refugees can teachus about learning and intervention in social work – some insight from theCAPAZ projectEmilio José Gómez-Ciriano23 International community developmentBobbie Watkins24 Food justice: social work’s unrealized justice in the United StatesCarla SilvaPART III SOCIAL WORK AND COUNTRIES IN CONFLICT25 The structural approach to and politicization of social work: developmentand struggle in Hong KongRaymond K. H. Chan26 Social work in Northern Ireland: learning from the past, looking to the futureJoe Duffy and Joe Coulter27 U-PREPARE for conflict in an urban environment: a model for advocacyand social changePaul Archibald, Kevin Daniels and Georgia JenningsPART IV SOCIAL WORK AND INDIGENOUS VOICES28 Truth and justice: First Nations Australians and thought leadership in social workBindi Bennett29 Indigenous voices in Nepal and Canadian social work: reflections fromthree scholarsBala Raju Nikku, Yunisha Katuwal and Shannon John30 ‘Keep the colours in the lines’: a Tangata Whenua and Tangata Tiritiperspective on social work educationPaulé Ruwhiu and Thirusha Naidoo31 Indigenous knowledge, social work education, and practice in Nigeria:charting the path for a sustainable futureChinwe U. Nnama-Okechukwu32 Embracing traditional indigenous knowledge in the field of social work:exploring hurdles to overcome and paths for progressMelissa Riley33 Conclusion: looking aheadBarbra Teater and Hugh McLaughlin

‘This groundbreaking book reshapes global social work by offering country-specific practices, work with diverse and marginalized populations, practice in countries in conflict, Indigenous knowledges and voices regarding practice and education. Expertly researched and written, it sets a new standard for culturally responsive, contextually relevant social work practice worldwide.’