Challenges in Human Rights: A Social Work PerspectiveElisabeth Reichert Columbia University Press, 2007 - 286 páginas By using human rights as a guidepost, social workers can help create social welfare policies that better serve societal needs. However, in applying human rights to contemporary situations, social workers often encounter challenges that require thinking outside the box. Bringing together provocative essays from a diverse range of authors, Elisabeth Reichert 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 surprising connection between the social work and legal professions. |
Índice
Creating a New Paradigm for Social Work | 1 |
An Invisible Part of the Social Work Curriculum?
| 16 |
Implications for the Creation of a Human Rights Culture
| 44 |
4 Cultural Relativism and Community Activism
| 76 |
5 Development Social Development and Human Rights
| 97 |
The Kensington Welfare Rights Union and the
Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign
| 122 |
The Neglected Human Rights
| 138 |
A Work in Progress
| 162 |
9 Human Rights Violations Against Female Offenders and Inmates
| 188 |
10 Childrens Rights as a Template for Social Work Practice
| 215 |
HumanMade Disasters and a Call for Universal Social Justice
| 239 |
NotSoOdd Bedfellows in Promoting Human Rights
| 258 |
Contributors | 277 |
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