Human rights and community work. Complementary theories and practices

Much effort has been placed on developing international understandings of human rights without the corresponding attention to responsibilities. The authors argue that a community development framework may be useful in re-conceiving human rights in a more holistic way, and that social workers and com...

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Main Authors: Ife, Jim, Fiske, Lucy
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44267
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description Much effort has been placed on developing international understandings of human rights without the corresponding attention to responsibilities. The authors argue that a community development framework may be useful in re-conceiving human rights in a more holistic way, and that social workers and community development workers are well placed to be 'grass roots human rights workers.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-442672019-03-18T05:08:37Z Human rights and community work. Complementary theories and practices Ife, Jim Fiske, Lucy human rights practice framework community - humanity collective responsibilities Much effort has been placed on developing international understandings of human rights without the corresponding attention to responsibilities. The authors argue that a community development framework may be useful in re-conceiving human rights in a more holistic way, and that social workers and community development workers are well placed to be 'grass roots human rights workers. 2006 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44267 10.1177/0020872806063403 fulltext
spellingShingle human rights
practice framework
community
- humanity
collective responsibilities
Ife, Jim
Fiske, Lucy
Human rights and community work. Complementary theories and practices
title Human rights and community work. Complementary theories and practices
title_full Human rights and community work. Complementary theories and practices
title_fullStr Human rights and community work. Complementary theories and practices
title_full_unstemmed Human rights and community work. Complementary theories and practices
title_short Human rights and community work. Complementary theories and practices
title_sort human rights and community work. complementary theories and practices
topic human rights
practice framework
community
- humanity
collective responsibilities
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44267