Challenges in human rights :
Challenges in human rights : a social work perspective /
edited by Elisabeth Reichert.
- New York : Columbia University Press, 2007.
- xiv, 286 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : social work perspectives on human rights / Elisabeth Reichert -- Human rights in the twenty-first century : creating a new paradigm for social work / Elisabeth Reichert -- Human rights in social work practice : an invisible part of the social work curriculum? / Lena Dominelli -- Global distributive justice as a human right : implications for the creation of a human rights culture / Joseph Wronka -- Cultural relativism and community activism / Jim Ife -- Development, social development, and human rights / James Midgley -- Using economic human rights in the movement to end poverty : the Kensington Welfare Rights union and the Poor People's Economic Human Rights campaign / Mary Bricker-Jenkins, Carrie Young, and Cheri Honkala -- Economic and social rights : the neglected human rights / Silvia Staub-Bernasconi -- Human rights and women : a work in progress / Janice Wood Wetzel -- Human rights violations against female offenders and inmates / Katherine van Wormer -- Children's rights as a template for social work practice / Rosemary J. Link -- Globalization, democratization, and human rights : human-made disasters and a call for universal social justice / Brij Mohan -- Law and social work : not-so-odd bedfellows in promoting human rights / Robert J. McCormick.
By using human rights as a guidepost, social workers can help create social welfare policies that better serve societal needs. Bringing together essays from a diverse range of authors, the editor demonstrates how approaching social work from a human rights perspective can profoundly affect legislation, resource management, and enforcement of policies. Topics include the reconciliation of cultural relativism with universal human rights; the debate over whether human rights truly promote economic and social development or simply allow economically developed societies to exploit underdeveloped countries; the role of gender in the practice of human rights; the tendency to promote political and civil rights over economic and social rights; and the connection between the social work and legal professions.
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GBA751000 bnb
013783592 Uk
Social service.
Human rights.
Cultural relativism.
Service social.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Relativisme culturel.
Cultural relativism.
Human rights.
Social service.
HV41 / .C42
323
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : social work perspectives on human rights / Elisabeth Reichert -- Human rights in the twenty-first century : creating a new paradigm for social work / Elisabeth Reichert -- Human rights in social work practice : an invisible part of the social work curriculum? / Lena Dominelli -- Global distributive justice as a human right : implications for the creation of a human rights culture / Joseph Wronka -- Cultural relativism and community activism / Jim Ife -- Development, social development, and human rights / James Midgley -- Using economic human rights in the movement to end poverty : the Kensington Welfare Rights union and the Poor People's Economic Human Rights campaign / Mary Bricker-Jenkins, Carrie Young, and Cheri Honkala -- Economic and social rights : the neglected human rights / Silvia Staub-Bernasconi -- Human rights and women : a work in progress / Janice Wood Wetzel -- Human rights violations against female offenders and inmates / Katherine van Wormer -- Children's rights as a template for social work practice / Rosemary J. Link -- Globalization, democratization, and human rights : human-made disasters and a call for universal social justice / Brij Mohan -- Law and social work : not-so-odd bedfellows in promoting human rights / Robert J. McCormick.
By using human rights as a guidepost, social workers can help create social welfare policies that better serve societal needs. Bringing together essays from a diverse range of authors, the editor demonstrates how approaching social work from a human rights perspective can profoundly affect legislation, resource management, and enforcement of policies. Topics include the reconciliation of cultural relativism with universal human rights; the debate over whether human rights truly promote economic and social development or simply allow economically developed societies to exploit underdeveloped countries; the role of gender in the practice of human rights; the tendency to promote political and civil rights over economic and social rights; and the connection between the social work and legal professions.
9780231137218 0231137214 9780231510349 0231510349 0231137206
2006039529
GBA751000 bnb
013783592 Uk
Social service.
Human rights.
Cultural relativism.
Service social.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Relativisme culturel.
Cultural relativism.
Human rights.
Social service.
HV41 / .C42
323