Emergence of social work practice in rural China: a way forward?

Title: Emergence of social work practice in rural China: a way forward?
Creator: Meng, Qian; Gray, Mel; Bradt, Lieve; Roets, Griet
Relation: International Social Work Vol. 62, Issue 2, p. 933-943
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872818755859
Publisher: Sage
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2019
Description: Following massive socioeconomic reforms over the past three decades, social work in the People's Republic of China (hereafter China) has developed at an unprecedented pace. To respond to social issues arising from accelerated economic development, the government has launched a large-scale programme to train a professional social work workforce of 1.45 million by 2020. Social work in mainland China has, and continues, to develop rapidly in major urban centres, while rural areas remain largely neglected. This article describes developmental issues in rural China and argues that social work in rural China requires indigenised knowledge and interventions to address context-specific problems.
Subject: China; global definition of social work; indigenisation of social work; social work in rural China; socioeconomic reform; SDG 11; Sustainable Development Goals
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1445145
Identifier: uon:42513
Identifier: ISSN:0020-8728
Language: eng
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