Social professional activity : the search for a minimum common denominator in difference / Claire Dorrity and Peter Herrmann, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dorrity, Claire.

Herrmann, Peter, 1955-

Series:

William Thompson series for democratic social studies and international social policy.

William Thompson series for democratic social studies and international social policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is an ongoing debate on the question of whether professional activities in the field of the social do actually have a genuinely 'own' scientific basis or if their academic standing depends entirely on other disciplines as sociology, economics, administration or law. This book offers an answer.

Contents:

Intro

SOCIAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:THE SEARCH FOR A MINIMUMCOMMON DENOMINATOR INDIFFERENCE

SOCIAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY: THE SEARCH FOR A MINIMUM COMMON DENOMINATOR IN DIFFERENCE

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CRITIC OF PURE INDIVIDUALISM

HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL WORK

MAPPING THE TERRAIN OF A RIGHTS-BASED PERSPECTIVE

THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THEEUROPEAN SOCIAL CHARTER

SOCIETY AS CONNECTEDNESS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES -SPONTANEOUS PROCESSES VERSUS COLLECTIVE ACTION

Ad a

Ad b

HUMAN RIGHTS - A REALIST FRAMEWORK?

THE CONTRIBUTIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

HUMAN RIGHTS AND THEIR RELEVANCE FORSOCIAL WORK AS THEORY, EDUCATION ANDPRACTICE

I. THE INTEGRATION OF HUMANRIGHTS IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION

1. Human Rights as Additional Diagnostic Category for the Individual andSocietal Description of the Problems and Resources of Social Work Clients asVulnerable Groups

2. Human Rights and the Basic Scientific Disciplines of Social Work

3. Human Dignity and Human Rights, The Triple Mandate of Social Workand Social Rights

4. Actors, Resources, Procedures and Methods

II. HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK

Human Rights Education in Different Contexts

Human Rights Practice on the Local and National Level

Human Rights Practice Projects Abroad - on the International Level

Human Rights as a Chance for Innovation at Work in the Agency

Research Studies as Project Base for Activities after Having Accomplishedthe Master Studies

Getting Acquainted and Dealing with National and International HumanRights Organisations

REFERENCES

THE CONSTRUCTION OF 'NON-NATIONALS' IN THE2004 IRISH CITIZENSHIP REFERENDUM:AN INSIGHT FROM A CRITICAL DISCOURSEANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE

INTRODUCTION

DATA,METHODOLOGY AND DISCURSIVE STRATEGIES.

Discursive Strategies in Political Discourses on the Other

THE NATIONAL, EUROPEAN ANDGLOBAL CONTEXT OF THE REFERENDUM

The Irish Context

The European Context

The World Context

Myths about Immigrants in Ireland

KEY RESEARCH FINDINGS

Mcdowell's 'Non-Nationals': An Ideological Lexical Choice

An Irish Example of a Stereotypical Political Discourse on Immigration

Unveiling the Ideological Construction of This Article

A Case of Disguised Racist Discourse?

CONCLUSION

IDENTIFYING YOUTH WORK -'THE BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS'

A QUESTION POSED FOR YOUTH WORK

PERCEPTIONS OF YOUTH WORK

A CROSS ROADS FOR YOUTH WORK IN IRELAND

YOUTH WORK IN IRELAND

DEFINING YOUTH WORK

WHAT IS A YOUTH WORKER?

THE YOUNG PERSON IN YOUTH WORK

IS THERE SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR CALLED YOUTH WORK?

YOUTH WORK AS SOCIAL WORK -ADANISH WAYOF QUALIFIED SOCIAL-PEDAGOGY WORKING WITHYOUNG PEOPLE

ABSTRACT

THE SOCIAL

YOUTH IN AN ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE

THE DIVISION OF VOLUNTEERS ANDPROFESSIONALS IN SOCIAL WORK

US AND THEM

DIVISION OF WORK AND DEMANDS FOR VOLUNTEERS!

EVERYDAY SOCIAL LIFE PROFESSIONALIZED

Loneliness an Example

The Development of Loneliness

Professional Demands: Education and Schooling

Personal and Social Expectations and Demands

WELFARE, HEALTH AND POLARISATION

THE POLITICS OF HEALTH PROMOTION IN IRELAND:HEALTH AND SMOKING IN OFFICIAL DISCOURSES

CONSTRUCTING HEALTH: THE FOCUS ON HEALTH BEHAVIOUR

STRATEGIES OF HEALTH PROMOTION

The Role of Education

Community Participation and Empowerment

Targeting Social Groups

ANTI-SMOKING STRATEGIES

Smoking, Social Class and Gender

Anti-Smoking Policy Initiatives

REFERENCES.

PROMOTING PARTNERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENTTHROUGH GROUPWORK: THE WAY FORWARD FORSOCIAL WORK EDUCATION'

THE CONTEXT: AGENCY COLLABORATION

THE UNIVERSITY:FACILITATING GROUPWORK IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION

THE SCHOOL:SOCIAL INCLUSION IN SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION

THE FUNZONE GROUP: SOCIAL GROUPWORK IN PRACTICE

WORKING CREATIVELY: SOCIAL GROUPWORK IN ACTION

SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION: ISSUES AND POSSIBILITIES

CREATIVITY AND SOCIAL WORK -WORKINGTOWARDS EMPOWERMENT IN SOCIAL WORKPRACTICE

THE IDEA

THE WORK

THE PRACTICE

CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

THE INTERFACE BETWEEN RESEARCH AND POLICYIN IRELAND: THE CASE OF POVERTY28

I. INTRODUCTION

II. POVERTY AND POLICY

III.WHAT MAKES GOOD POLICY?

IV. CASE STUDY 1: CHILD POVERTY35

V. CASE STUDY 2: SOCIAL EXPENDITURE IN IRELAND40

VI. POVERTY REDUCTION EFFECT

VII. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS

HUMAN SECURITY, GENDER AND GLOBALIZEDINTERCONNECTIVITY

II. THE GENEALOGY OF SECURITY

III. SECURITY, IDENTITY AND GENDER: SEEDS OF CONFLICTSIN THE WESTPHALIAN STATE SYSTEM

IV. INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND THE MODERNIZATION PROJECT:GENDERED, SEXUALIZED AND RACIALIZED BOUNDARIES

IV. HUMAN SECURITY AND CARE: DEEPENING THE LINKS

CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61324-120-8

OCLC:

704275326