Practical and political approaches to recontextualizing social work / [edited by] Jacques Boulet and Linette Hawkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boulet, Jacques, author.

Contributor:

Boulet, Jacques, editor.

Hawkins, Linette, editor.

Series:

Advances in human services and public health book series.

Advances in Human Services and Public Health (AHSPH) Book Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Social workers.

Physical Description:

27 PDFs (309 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hershey, PA : IGI Global, [2021]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This book will explore practical and political ways in which social work practice has been updated and reconstructed both in its relational approach to the work with its clients and in contexts which differ greatly from those customary focus occupied by mainstream human service organisations and government agencies covering the welfare and other relevant areas of program delivery"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section 1. Origins. Chapter 1. Recontextualization: origin and meaning for social work ; Chapter 2. Social working the borderlands: responding to our relational and ecological calling

Section 2. Beyond spaces and places. Chapter 3. Responding to the natural world: expanding the scope of social work ; Chapter 4. Eco-disasters: social work space and place ; Chapter 5. It's like felting: reflections on feminist social and community practices ; Chapter 6. Social work practice in the compensation context: extending socio-legal collaborations for improved client outcomes ; Chapter 7. Social work, op-shops, and job training: becoming work-ready in a different way

Section 3. Indigenous discourse. Chapter 8. Ecological social work in South Africa and the way forward ; Chapter 9. Social workers navigating a colonial bureaucratic system while also re-kindling obuntu-led relational social work in Uganda ; Chapter 10. Recontextualizing social work in a globalized world: lessons from the Pacific ; Chapter 11. Advancing local, social, and ecological transitions through community development

Section 4. Post-human/global. Chapter 12. Power, politics, and social work: the need to reinvent social work around the world ; Chapter 13. Social work in the anthropocene ; Chapter 14. Looking back to keep moving ... and it may not be "forward".

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

"Premier Reference Source" -- Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781799867869

1799867862

OCLC:

1162517528