Rövid leírás:
Infused with relevant personal narratives and photographs, Social Work and Social Welfare provides a global, human rights perspective on social welfare policies that are at the forefront of controversy in today’s world (e.g. immigration policies, environmental sustainability, health care, housing, food insecurity, and income/wealth inequality).
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Hosszú leírás:
Unique in its use of a human rights framework, Social Work and Social Welfare goes beyond U.S. borders to examine U.S. government policies — including child welfare, social services, health care, and criminal justice — within a global context. Guided by the belief that forces from the global market and predominant political ideologies affect all social workers in their practice, the book addresses a wide range of relevant topics, including the refugee journey, the impact of new technologies, war trauma, environmental justice, and restorative justice. As a general textbook, the content is organized to follow course outlines for basic, introductory courses which examine social welfare programs, policies, and issues.
The spirit of human rights and social work fits clearly, but the will to articulate human rights as foundational to social work has been sidelineduntil now. This book provides human rights as an organizing framework, and makes it transferable to the syllabus and classroom. The global perspective is effectivewe see more clearly when we learn through our peers around the world. The authors wisely include environmental justice and the kin idea of sustainable development; this is where human rights are nurtured or diminished for people all around the globe.
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Tartalomjegyzék:
PREFACE
PART I
SOCIAL WELFARE: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS
Chapter 1
Social Work: A Human Rights Profession
Chapter 2
American Social Values in International Context
Chapter 3
Emergence of Social Work: Part I
Chapter 4
Emergence of Social Work: Part II
Chapter 5
Social Forms of Oppression
Chapter 6
Human Rights and Restorative Justice
Chapter 7
Poverty and Human Rights
Chapter 8
Public Assistance and Other Strategies to End Poverty
PART II
SOCIAL WORK ACROSS THE LIFE CYCLE
Chapter 9
Environmental Justice
Chapter 10
Child Welfare
Chapter 11
Care at the End of the Life Cycle
Chapter 12
Health Care as a Human Right
by Marta Vides Saade
Chapter 13
Care for Persons with Mental and Physical Disabilities
Epilogue „Putting It All Together”
Appendix A: U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Appendix B: Outline for Anti-Oppressive Policy Analysis
Appendix C: Relevant Internet Sites
Index
