Globalization and indigenisation: Repositioning social work within a changing environment
Year: 2001
Type: editorial
Abstract: ENTER SIR ISAAC NEWTON According to Newton's first law of motion, " . .. any object in a state of rest or of uniform linear motion tends to remain in such a state unless acted upon by an unbalanced external force ... " His third law, which is also known as the principle of action and reaction, states that " ... every action ( or force) gives rise to a reaction ( or opposing force) of equal strength but opposite direction" (Settles, 1996). In other words, every object that exerts a force on another object is always acted upon by a reaction force. The extent to which the fundamental natural laws of classical mechanics is applicable to the human condition and social work has been open to questioning since general systems theory married the ecological approach in the 1980s, and even subject to ridicule since the arrival of the newest kid on the block: chaos theory (alias non-equilibrium/self-organisation/complex systems theory) (Hudson, 2000:215,219). However, the temptation to draw an analogy between it and globalisation is overwhelming. Keywords: Globalization, indigenisation, social work
Source: Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk
DOI: 10.15270/37-4-1495
Author: ML Weyers
Institution: North-West University
Language: English
Subfield: Public Administration
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $185
OpenAlex ID: W4410695727