Challenges in human rights : a social work perspective / edited by Elisabeth Reichert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reichert, Elisabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Human rights.

Cultural relativism.

Physical Description:

xiv, 286 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2007]

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, 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231137201

0231137206

9780231137218

0231137214

9780231510349

0231510349

OCLC:

76864302