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19 - Intercultural Communication in Social Work Practice

from Part III - Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2020

By
Antonio López Peláez  and
Emilio José Gómez Ciriano
Edited by
Guido Rings  and
Sebastian Rasinger
Guido Rings
Affiliation:
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
Sebastian Rasinger
Affiliation:
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
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Summary

Antonio López Peláez and Emilio José Gómez Ciriano’s chapter applies key sociological approaches to intercultural communication to social work, a field that has until recently been largely neglected in intercultural communication research, although social work practice has been fundamentally shaped by international migration and globalization. López Peláez and Gómez Ciriano analyse the different frameworks within which intercultural communication is now placed in the field of social work, especially with regard to intercultural mediation. Their chapter then focuses on the extent to which intercultural communication is present in the different degrees in social work and social care studies in Spain, before it examines examples of intercultural communication in social work practice and concludes with recommendations for social workers.

Keywords

intercultural communicationsocial worksocial caremigrationglobalizationmediation,
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The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Communication , pp. 319 - 334
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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