| Description |
xiv, 286 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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, 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. |
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Social service.
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Human rights.
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Cultural relativism.
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| Added Author |
Reichert, Elisabeth.
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| ISBN |
9780231137201 cloth alkaline paper |
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0231137206 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780231137218 paperback |
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0231137214 paperback |
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9780231510349 electronic |
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0231510349 electronic |
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