Global is local: the importance of teaching the concept and impact of globalisation to students of social work. - 中欧社会论坛 - China Europa Forum

Global is local: the importance of teaching the concept and impact of globalisation to students of social work.

Date: 2009

Extract from ” Chapter 3: Global is local is global by G. Simpson and S. Lawrence in Lawrence, S. et al (2009) Introducing International Social Work. Exeter: Learning Matters.“

We begin this topic by examining the concept of globalisation, and aim to show social work students that people’s lives locally are affected by what happens elsewhere. This is what we mean by the idea that the global is local. We explore globalisation on three levels, which are equally important and inter-related: Capital - Labour - Knowledge

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