Social Work Professional Organizations

A Comparative International Perspective

Despite their long history and growing influence, social work professional organisations (SWPOs) remain underexplored in social work research. Created and fully or partly governed by professionals for professionals, SWPOs comprise millions of practitioners worldwide – some groups having existed for around 100 years – to develop activities that are increasingly relevant for practitioners, users, schools of social work and policy makers.

This edited volume provides the first comprehensive, comparative analysis of SWPOs in 15 countries, bridging Global North and South perspectives. Using an interdisciplinary framework, it offers an evidence-based typology of SWPOs, illustrating their evolving role as collective actors in social work.

Essential reading for educators, researchers and students in social work, this book speaks directly to the global community of SWPOs.

Contributor: Tobias Kindler (Contributions by), Reginaldo Ghiraldelli (Contributions by), Philip Mendes (Contributions by), Manohar Pawar (Contributions by), Meghan Tangney (Contributions by), Devi Prasad Bammidi (Contributions by), L. S. Ghandi Doss (Contributions by), Joe Hanley (Contributions by), Bridget Robb (Contributions by), David N. Jones (Contributions by), Viktor Virag (Contributions by), Iria Noa de la Fuente-Roldán (Contributions by), Dieter Kulke (Contributions by), Iris Kohlfürst (Contributions by), Martina Francesconi (Contributions by), John Gal (Contributions by), Helena Blomberg (Contributions by), Christian Kroll (Contributions by), Marcus Weckstrom (Contributions by), Annamaria Campanini (Contributions by), Machiko Ohara (Contributions by), Junko Wake (Contributions by), Richard Hoefer (Contributions by), Kgomotso Jomo Jongman (Contributions by), Riccardo Guidi (Edited by)

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