Books by John Coates

In this volume, Indigenous and non-Indigenous social work scholars examine local cultures, beliefs, values, and practices as central to decolonization. Supported by a growing interest in spirituality and ecological awareness in international social work, they interrogate trends, issues, and debates in Indigenous social work theory.

John Coates examines the thought of Moore, Ramsey, Wittgenstein and Keynes in this important study. He investigates the importance for the social sciences of the ideas developed by these Cambridge philosophers between the two World Wars, and offers evidence that there was far closer collaboration between them than has been supposed.

How can mainstream Western social work learn from and in turn help advance indigenous practice? This title discusses some of the significant global trends and issues relating to indigenous and cross-cultural social work. It identifies the ways in which indigenization is shaping professional social work practice and education.