Social work and social welfare : a human rights foundation / Katherine van Wormer and Rosemary J.Link.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Wormer, Katherine S., author.

Link, Rosemary J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Public welfare.

Child welfare.

Equality.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (521 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Summary:

Infused with relevant personal narratives and photographs, Social Work and Social Welfare provides a global, human rights perspective on social welfare policies that are at the forefront of controversy in today's world (e.g. immigration policies, environmental sustainability, health care, housing, food insecurity, and income/wealth inequality).

Contents:

Preface

Social welfare: structure and functions

Social work : a human rights profession

American social values in international context

Emergence of social work : part i

Emergence of social work : part ii

Social forms of oppression

Human rights and restorative justice

Poverty and human rights

Public assistance and other strategies to end poverty

Social work across the life cycle

Environmental justice

Child welfare

Care at the end of the life cycle

Health care as a human right / by Marta Vides Saade

Care for persons with mental and physical disabilities

Appendix A: U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Appendix B: Outline for anti-oppressive policy analysis

Appendix c: relevant internet sites

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-061284-3

0-19-061283-5

OCLC:

1028747453