The article focuses on how international social work education can enable students to become culturally competent social workers. It follows the idea that the vital aspect of internationalizing social work education is not about structural prerequisites. Rather, it is in the specific role of intercultural perspectives and how these perspectives can be integrated into structural frameworks for internationalizing social work education. It is highlighted that the acceptance of not-knowing and not-understanding provides the basis of cultural awareness or global mindedness. Therefore, a model for the development of intercultural competence in social work is presented.

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Kapittel 1 Velferdstjenestenes vilkår -nasjonal politikk og lokale erfaringer CECILIE HØJ ANVIK, HILDE BERIT MOEN OG JANNE PAULSEN BREIMOSAMMENDRAG Dette kapittelet gir en oversikt over tema og innhold i boken Velferdstjenestenes vilkår -nasjonal politikk og lokale erfaringer. Her redegjøres for bokens bakgrunn, formål og oppbygning. Kapittelet introduserer forskningsprosjektet som boken bygger på, hvor den norske velferdsmodellens tilstand og utfordringer belyses gjennom empiriske innblikk i situasjonen i lokale velferdstjenester. Kapittelet skisserer også hvordan forskerne som står bak boken, har jobbet med de ulike studiene og analysene som boken er fundert på. Avslutningsvis presenteres en oversikt over bokens øvrige 12 kapitler.NØKKELORD velferdspolitikk, velferdstjenester, velferdsmodell, forskningsdesign og -metoder SUMMARY The chapter provides an overview of the book's presented themes and the content of this book which is titled 'Welfare services -National Policies and Local Experiences'. The chapter presents the background, as well as the purpose and the structure of the book. The book presents the 'state-of-the art' of the Norwegian welfare model, in addition to experienced challenges. Also, the chapter outlines methods used and analysis undertaken by the involved researchers that have contributed to the volume. Finally, an overview of the 12 chapters is presented.

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