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The Context of Social Work Profession and Education in Transitional Countries: The Case of Georgia

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This chapter discusses the development of the social welfare system in post-Soviet Georgia and the role of the social work profession and education in this development based on the ecological system perspective. Transactional processes are described to better understand challenges to social welfare reform and to professional social work. Two major fields, child welfare and criminal justice, are discussed in some detail, as they demonstrate constructive collaboration among various stakeholders such as international, local state, and non-governmental organisations. Areas for improvement in these and other fields are also considered, as are the challenges facing social work. Furthermore, this chapter discusses the current status of social work as a transdisciplinary science within the modern international context and examines methods of increasing the visibility of doctoral education and translational research opportunities in Georgia to prepare qualified new generations of social workers and consequently, promote a balanced social welfare system, broader social and economic equality, and the dignity and worth of all the Georgian people.

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  1. Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Shorena Sadzaglishvili

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  2. Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Rajendra Baikady

  3. Department of Social Work, Shandong University, Shandong, China

    Cheng Sheng-Li

  4. Department of Social Welfare, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan

    Haruhiko Sakaguchi

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Sadzaglishvili, S. (2020). The Context of Social Work Profession and Education in Transitional Countries: The Case of Georgia. In: S.M., S., Baikady, R., Sheng-Li, C., Sakaguchi, H. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Work Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39966-5_16

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