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Indigenous Social Work Around the World: Towards Culturally Relevant Education and Practice, by Gray, M., Coates, J., & Bird, M. Y. (Eds.) Globalization and International Social Work: Postmodern Change and Challenge, by Payne, M., & Askeland, G. A.

Two books, published in the same year by Ashgate, focus on important issues in the current indigenous and international social work discourse. They are published as part of a series, “Contemporary Social Work Studies,” edited by Robin Lovelock. The first book, Indigenous Social Work around the World, edited by Mel Gray, John Coates, and Michael Yellow Bird, is composed of 21 chapters contributed by authors from around the world. Its major theme is indigenous and culturally relevant social work practice and education. The second book, Globalization and International Social Work, is authored by Malcolm Payne from England, and Gurid Aga Askeland, from Norway. This book mainly focuses on the implications of globalization and postmodernism for international social work. Both books are relevant for a wide range of audiences. Indigenous Social Work is important for social work educators, practitioners, and scholars working in the non-Western world, as well as those working among indigenous populations in the Western context. The major audience for Globalization and International Social Work are workers in international agencies, as well as social workers and scholars engaged in cross-national activities. Both books are essential for social work educators, students of social work, and indigenous social workers working at local contexts. Indigenous Social Work around the World is a very important and timely book for a number of reasons. First, it is composed of several chapters authored by scholars from diverse regions including North America, Asia, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Second, it outlines the current developments and debates in the indigenous social work discourse, and presents various cases that illustrate the importance of promoting culturally relevant social work. Third, the volume is not only limited to social work theory and practice but also addresses the importance of promoting culturally relevant social work education. The book includes a section that provides the reader with definitions of concepts in indigenous social work discourse. Promoting