Challenges in human rights : a social work perspective

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reichert, Elisabeth (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press , c2007
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Human rights in the twenty-first century : creating a new paradigm for social work
  • 2. Human rights in social work practice : an invisible part of the social work curriculum?
  • 3. Global distributive justice as a human right : implications for the creation of a human rights culture
  • 4. Cultural relativism and community activism
  • 5. Development, social development, and human rights
  • 6. Using economic human rights in the movement to end poverty : the Kensington Welfare Rights union and the Poor People's Economic Human Rights campaign
  • 7. Economic and social rights : the neglected human rights
  • 8. Human rights and women : a work in progress
  • 9. Human rights violations against female offenders and inmates
  • 10. Children's rights as a template for social work practice
  • 11. Globalization, democratization, and human rights : human-made disasters and a call for universal social justice
  • 12. Law and social work : not-so-odd bedfellows in promoting human rights