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The focus of this article is on how forces of globalization may allow powerful cultures to dominate the less powerful through social work education. The article starts with discussions of first, globalization, and then colonialism and post-colonialism. These discussions identify three paths through which globalization and post-colonialism have an oppressive impact on local cultures: the economic power of globalization, culture and language. It then applies these concepts, by giving examples of potentially hegemonic actions in social work education. Finally, it suggests ways in which social work educators might seek to combat these tendencies in social work education. GlobalizationGlobalization brings different cultures into closer contact with each other, through increased economic interaction between previously separate economies and through fast communication and travel (Fitzpatrick, 2003). This is claimed to destroy valid and creative distinctions between them. In this way, it seems to make the world similar, a process of homogenization. Globalization in education is not a new process. Its present currency as an issue is because of concern about its recent evolution due to better communication, faster travel and new technologies. However, printed matter, such as books and journals, has been and is still used throughout the

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The focus of this article is how can people's religious practice be a resource in international social work? The question will be discussed in relation to pre-modern, modern and postmodern societies. The article will contain a description of religious activity in two different cases and related to international social work. The article concludes that from a postmodern view, international social work will profit from opening up and seeing religion as a contextual factor. What needs to be discussed further is whether a reason for the relative absence of religion and religious practice in international social work textbooks might be the lack of distinction between acknowledgement and acceptance of religion.