Globalization and the Changing Socio-Cultural Contexts shaping Social Work in Singapore and elsewhere.
Schlagworte:
Social Work in Singapore, Globalization in the East, Culture vs CapitalismAbstract
This is the presentation of Singapore's Social Work in the context of the socio-economic-historical influence suffered by that country. It is the presentation of a research based on interviews, carried out by the author who, at the time, assumed the position of treasurer of the International Association of Schools of Social Work – IASSW-AIETS. While Singapore is, from a geopolitical point of view, a country that is too strategic for the success of capitalist globalization in the East, Social Work there cannot remain unaware of the imperative influences of that phenomenon orchestrated by the world managers of the market in partnership of various kinds, with the local rulers. In addition, the author recognizes that social changes resulting from the implementation of globalization "shape the models of social work practice in different countries" and that, therefore, social work cannot fail to respond to them, but must consider local needs such as cultural and other needs and the positions taken, from time to time, by international social work.
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