http://wwww.jsps.ru Inquiries about subscription should be addressed to: East View Information Services, Inc. 3020 Harbor Lane N. Minneapolis, MN 55447 USA E-mail: [log in to unmask] tel.: (763) 550-0961 fax: (763) 559-2931 US Toll-free: (800) 477-1005 URL: http://www.eastview.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Editorial Articles Theodor Shanin Social Work: the Ideology of Professionalism Vladislav Nikitin, Galina Medvedeva Directions and Problems of the Development of Social Education in Contemporary Russia Valentina Yarskaia Existential Meanings and Civil Perspectives of Social Education Alla Starshinova Trends in Social Work Education: Studying European Experience Kees van Dam Some Specifics of Social Work Education in Nijmegen, the Netherlands7 Steven M. Shardlow Tension and Conflicts in Social Work Education Across the United Kingdom Sigrun Juliusdottir, Jan Petersson Common Social Work Education Standards in the Nordic Countries ? Opening an Issue Book reviews Firsov M.V., Shapiro B.Yu. Psychology of Social Work: Content and Methods of Psychosocial Practice. Textbook for the students of higher educational institutions. Moscow: Academia, 2002. 192 p. ELENA GERASIMOVA Grigorieva I.A. A Problem of Human Being in Social Work Theory. StPetersburg: SZAGS, 2000. 182 p. NINA GRIGORIEVA Baskakova M.E. Economical Effectiveness of Investments in Higher Education: gender aspect. Moscow: Gelios ARV, 2002. 288 p. IRINA IVANOVA Tikhonova N.E. Phenomen of Urban Poverty in Contemporary Russia. Moscow: Letnii sad, 2003. 408 p. LARISA KONSTANTINOVA Summaries