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Published in partnership with the National Association of Social Workers (NASW Press)
Oxford University Press has partnered with the NASW on the Encyclopedia of Social Work, a continuously updated online collaboration building off the classic reference work.
OUP and NASW Press proudly present The Encyclopedia of Macro Social Work
Edited by Darlyne Bailey and Terry Mizrahi, the Encyclopedia includes nearly 200 articles written by 334 authors and peer-reviewed by 13 Associate Editors.
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Data Science and Social Work
"Data science presents a new and promising frontier for social work both in methodology and in ensuring data justice and equity. Within social work, text documentation and social media are popular forms of non-traditional data, but other forms..." – By Woojin Jung and others
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International Social Work and Social Welfare: Australia and Pacific Islands
"Australia and Aotearoa-New Zealand are among the world's most liveable countries, despite the increase in relative poverty and the negative effect of past policies on indigenous populations..." – By Kylie Agllias and Mel Gray
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