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Author:   Sharlene Furuto
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.524kg
ISBN:  

9780231157148

ISBN 10:   0231157142
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   19 February 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Foreword, by Manohar Pawar Preface 1. Overview of Social Welfare in East Asia and the Pacific, by Sharlene B. C. L. Furuto 2. China's Changing Social Welfare, by Minjie Zhang 3. Understanding Social Welfare in South Korea, by Jun Sung Hong, Young Sook Kim, Na Youn Lee, and Ji Woong Ha 4. Social Welfare in Hong Kong: Colonial Legacy and Challenges for the HKSAR, by Venus Tsui, Alvin Shiulain Lee, and Ernest Chui Wing-tak 5. Social Welfare and Social Work Development in Taiwan, by Li-ju Jang and Pei-jen Tsai 6. Social Welfare and Social Work in Thailand, by Jitti Mongkolnchaiarunya and Nuanyai Wattanakoon 7. Social Welfare and Social Work in Indonesia, by Adi Fahrudin 8. The Dynamics of Social Welfare: The Malaysian Experience, by Azlinda Azman and Sharima Ruwaida Abbas 9. Social Work for a Sustainable Micronesian Region, by Vivian Dames, Joliene Hasugulayag, LisaLinda Natividad, and Gerhard Schwab 10. Social Welfare in the Samoan Islands: A Comparison of Two Models, by Kenneth E. Galea'i 11. Cambodia: Social Welfare Renewed, by Thy Naroeun, Ammon Padeken, and Sharlene B. C. L. Furuto 12. Social Welfare Contrasted in East Asia and the Pacific, by Sharlene B. C. L. Furuto Appendix Index

Reviews

Thorough, informative, comprehensive, and thoughtful, this volume presents lessons useful for development discussions in other (Asian and Pacific Island) social, political, and cultural contexts, including Western cultures. This text will have value well beyond social work. -- Cathryne L. Schmitz, University of North Carolina at Greensboro A valuable contribution to the globalized social work education. International Journal of Social Welfare

It is thorough, informative, comprehensive, and thoughtful. There are lessons presented that could be useful for development discussions in other social, political, and cultural contexts, including western cultures. This book should have value well beyond social work. -- Cathryne L. Schmitz, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Thorough, informative, comprehensive, and thoughtful, this volume presents lessons useful for development discussions in other (Asian and Pacific Island) social, political, and cultural contexts, including Western cultures. This text will have value well beyond social work. -- Cathryne L. Schmitz, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Author Information

Sharlene B. C. L. Furuto retired as associate dean in the College of Human Development and professor of social work at Brigham Young University-Hawaii in 2012. She is the coeditor of Culturally Competent Practice: Skills, Interventions, and Evaluations and Social Work Practice with Asian Americans.

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