Global Perspectives in Social Work

The reading list is confirmed on 2017-10-09, revised 2021-10-04, 2025-09-18 to be valid from autumn 2025.

* Note! The following course literature may be published in later editions/years. At the start of the course, the latest edition applies.

Alston, Philip (2025). International Human Rights. NYU Law / Open Access Textbook: https://humanrightstextbook.org/digital-book (Chapter 13: Non-State Actors: Businesses and Others, 57 pages)

Baldassar, Loretta (2014): “Too sick to move: distant ‘crisis’ care in transnational families” in International Review of Sociology 24 (3). pp. 391-405. 6 p. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03906701.2014.954328

Bečević, Zulmir & Herz, Marcus (2023) Towards an agonistic social work: a framework for political action and radical practice, European Journal of Social Work, 26:6, 1164-1177. (13pages) https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2023.2190052

Boccagni, Paolo, Righard, Erica & Blozman, Claudia (2015): “Mapping Transnationalism: Transnational social work with migrants” in Transnational Social Review 5 (3). pp. 312-319. 7 p. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21931674.2015.1101243

Deepak, Anne C. (2012): “Globalization, power and resistance: Postcolonial and transnational feminist perspectives for social work practice” in International Social Work 55 (6). pp. 779-793. 14 p. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0020872811414038

Dominelli, Lena. (2021). A green social work perspective on social work during the time of COVID‐ 19. International journal of social welfare, 30(1), 7-16.

Ferguson, Iain, Ioakimidis, Vasilios, & Lavalette, Michael (2018). Global social work in a political context: radical perspectives. Policy Press. (216 pages)

Healy, Lynne M. & Link, Rosemary J. (ed.) (2012): Handbook of international social work: human rights, development, and the global profession. New York: Oxford University Press. Selection of about 200 p. Available as E-book.

Healy, Lynne M. (2007): “Universalism and cultural relativism in social work ethics” in International Social Work 50 (1). pp. 11-26. 15 p. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0020872807071479

Hugman, Richard, Moosa-Mitha, Mehmoona & Otrude, Moyo (2010): “Towards a borderless social work: Reconsidering notions of international social work” in International Social Work 53 (5). pp. 629-643. 14 p. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0020872810371203

Ibrahima, A. B., & Mattaini, M. A. (2019). Social work in Africa: Decolonizing methodologies and approaches. International Social Work, 62(2), 799-813. (15 sidor)

Kaffrell-Lindahl, Angelika (2025). Social work and climate change: the split between the personal and the professional. Nordic Social Work Research, pp. 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857X.2025.2499603

Montesino Parra, Norma & Jiménez-Álvarez, Mercedes G. (2015): “Child mobility and transnational responses” in Transnational Social Review 5 (3). pp. 332-337. 4 p. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21931674.2015.1095007

Moosa-Mitha, Mehmoona & Ross-Sheriff, Fariyal (2010): “Transnational social work and lessons learned from transnational feminism” in Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work 25 (2). pp. 105- 109. 4 p. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0886109910364366

Morley, C., & Ablett, P. (2017). Rising wealth and incomeinequality: A radical social work critique and response. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 29(2), 6-18.

Pawar, Manohar (2014): “Social work practice with local communities in developing countries: Imperatives for Political Engagement” in SAGE Open April-June 2014. pp. 1-11. 10p. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2158244014538640

Persson, Monika (2013): “Local sensemaking of policy paradoxes – implementing local crime precention in Sweden” in Public Organization Review 13 (1). pp. 1-20. 20 s. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11115-012-0181-z

Pockett, Rosalie & Beddoe, Liz (2017): “Social work in health care: An international perspective” in International Social Work 60 (1). pp. 126-139. 14 p. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0020872814562479

Rost, Stephanie (2025). Collapsed social work: A theoretical framework for adapting to societal collapse. Critical and Radical Social Work, pp. 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1332/20498608Y2025D000000086