Environmental social work / edited by Mel Gray, John Coates, and Tiani Hetherington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gray, Mel, 1951-

Contributor:

Coates, John, 1948-

Hetherington, Tiani.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Environmental aspects.

Social service.

Environmentalism--Social aspects.

Environmentalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

Social work has been late to engage with the environmental movement. Often working with an exclusively social understanding of environment, much of the social work profession has overlooked the importance of environmental issues. However, recently, the impact of and worldwide attention to climate change, a string of natural disasters, and increased understanding of issues around environmental justice has put the environment, sustainability, and well-being in the spotlight.Divided into three parts, this field-defining work explores what environmental social work is, and how it can be

Contents:

Environmental Social Work; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction: Overview of the last ten years and typology of ESW; Part 1 Theory: Mapping the terrain of environmental social work; 1 Radical equalitarian ecological justice:A social work call to action; 2 Ecosocial work with marginalized populations:Time for action on climate change; 3 Environmental sustainability, sustainable development,and social work; 4 Social science research in ocean environments:A social worker's experience; 5 Climate change as a human rights issue

Part 2 Practice: Case studies of environmental social work practice6 Community gardens, creative community organizing,and environmental activism; 7 Social work practice with drought-affected families:An Austrilian case study; 8 Social work, animals, and the natural world; 9 Restoration not incarceration: An environmentally based pilot initiative for working with young offenders; 10 Social work and the struggle for corporate social responsibility; Part 3 Education: Challenging students to respond to environmental issues

11 Transforming the curriculum: Social work education and ecological consciousness12 Emotion, ethics, and fostering committed environmental citizenship; 13 Social work education on the environment in contemporary curricula in the USA; 14 Environmental sustainability: Educating social workers for interdisciplinary practice; 15 Social work education for disaster relief work; Conclusion; Glossary; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-21281-7

0-203-09530-8

1-283-84366-8

1-136-21282-5

9780203095300

OCLC:

819380273