How can mainstream Western social work learn from and in turn help
advance indigenous practice? This volume brings together prominent
international scholars involved in both Western and indigenous social
work across the globe - including James Midgley, Linda Briskman, Alean
Al-Krenawi and John R. Graham - to discuss some of the most significant
global trends and issues relating to indigenous and cross-cultural
social work. The contributors identify ways in which indigenization is
shaping professional social work practice and education, and examine how
social work can better address diversity in international exchanges and
cross-cultural issues within and between countries. Key theoretical,
methodological and service issues and challenges in the indigenization
of social work are reviewed, including the way in which adaptation can
lead to more effective practices within indigenous communities and
emerging economies, and how adaptation can provide greater insight into
cross-cultural understanding and practice.