Social Work in an Unequal World

Social work is a human service profession that continues to work for human wellbeing and achieving a just and equal society. However, the gross inequality in the form of wealth, economy, concentration of resources and power, as well as gender, race, and social and political access challenge the ability of a social worker in addressing the social problems experienced by most marginalized people in the world. Social Work in an Unequal World focuses on the social work profession and education and explores different dimensions of inequality around the globe.

The book particularly addresses some of the pertinent questions: How does social work operate in an unequal and unfair world? As social work educators, how do we respond to this? How do we address these issues in our classrooms? To what extent do our pedagogy, curriculum, and teaching and learning methods respond to these unequal treatments in a global society? How do we in our classrooms impart practical and professional skills required for social workers to address this gross inequality? How does social work respond to different forms of inequality in the world? The principal aim of the book is to generate evidence-based literature on a social work educators role in addressing inequality. The book aims to help social work educators, students, practitioners, and policy makers think critically about the skills and knowledge they need to understand and tackle inequality and provide meaningful help to the people most in need.

Rajendra Baikady is Assistant Professor at Central University of Kerala and Senior Research Associate at the Department of Social Work and Community Development, University of Johannesburg. He is also associated with York University as a Faculty Fellow and International Socioeconomic Laboratory, Harvard University, as a Principal Investigator (Summer Research Fellowship). He has completed post-doctoral research in Taiwan, China, Israel and South Africa. Dr. Baikady's research interests are in international social work, social change, social problems, social welfare, social justice, human rights, poverty, critical social work, and social policy and globalization. Dr. Baikady is the Founding Editor in Chief of Discover Global Society, international Journal (Springer Nature).