European Social Work - A Compendium

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Informationen zum Autor Dr. Fabian Kessl is Professor of Social Pedagogy at the Faculty of Human- andSocial Sciences! University of Wuppertal Dr. Drs. h.c. Walter Lorenz was Professor of Applied Social Sciences at the Facultyof Education! Free University of Bozen / Bolzano! and is currently a ContractProfessor of Social Work at the Charles University of Prague Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Uwe Otto is Senior Research Professor at the Faculty ofEducational Science! University of Bielefeld! and Adjunct Professor at the Schoolof Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania Dr. Sue White is Professor of Social Work in the Department of Sociological Studies!University of Sheffield Klappentext The publication takes account of the fundamental developments transforming social work in Europe at the beginning of the 21st century. A European standard of social work has already emerged! but models for future European social work are absent. Therefore the compendium gives an overview of the current transformation process for the first time! discusses the visible and invisible changes and maps out where social work is positioned in the emerging post-welfare states.