Social Work and Social Welfare: A Human Rights Foundation

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Katherine van Wormer (Professor, Professor, University of Northern Iowa) Rosemary J. Link (Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Simpson College)

Social Work and Social Welfare

A Human Rights Foundation

Katherine van Wormer (Professor, Professor, University of Northern Iowa), Rosemary J. Link (Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Simpson College)

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Oxford University Press Inc
09 May 2018

Welfare & benefit systems; Social work

Unique in its use of a human rights framework, Social Work and Social Welfare goes beyond American borders to examine U.S. government policies-including child welfare, social services, health care, and criminal justice-within a global context. Guided by the belief that forces from the global market and predominant political ideologies affect all social workers in their practice, the book addresses a wide range of relevant topics, including the refugee journey, the impact of new technologies, war trauma, environmental justice, and restorative justice. As a general textbook, the content is organized to follow outlines for basic, introductory, and more advanced courses examining social welfare programs, policies, and issues.

By: Katherine van Wormer (Professor Professor University of Northern Iowa), Rosemary J. Link (Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Simpson College)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 175mm, Width: 251mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 1.089kg
ISBN: 9780190612825
ISBN 10: 0190612827
Pages: 520
Publication Date: 09 May 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"PREFACE PART I SOCIAL WELFARE: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS Chapter 1 Social Work: A Human Rights Profession Chapter 2 American Social Values in International Context Chapter 3 Emergence of Social Work: Part I Chapter 4 Emergence of Social Work: Part II Chapter 5 Social Forms of Oppression Chapter 6 Human Rights and Restorative Justice Chapter 7 Poverty and Human Rights Chapter 8 Public Assistance and Other Strategies to End Poverty PART II SOCIAL WORK ACROSS THE LIFE CYCLE Chapter 9 Environmental Justice Chapter 10 Child Welfare Chapter 11 Care at the End of the Life Cycle Chapter 12 Health Care as a Human Right by Marta Vides Saade Chapter 13 Care for Persons with Mental and Physical Disabilities Epilogue ""Putting It All Together"" Appendix A: U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix B: Outline for Anti-Oppressive Policy Analysis Appendix C: Relevant Internet Sites Index"

Katherine Stuart van Wormer, PhD, MSSW, is Professor of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa. A native of New Orleans, she majored in English at the University of North Carolina where she was active in the Civil Rights Movement. She worked for several years in Northern Ireland as an English teacher and in Norway as an alcoholism counselor. Rosemary J. Link, PhD, LISW, is Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Simpson College. An international human rights expert, she has developed exchanges in a variety of countries, including Mexico with the Center for Global Education; initiated a 20 year sustained exchange of faculty and students with the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Augsburg College MN; and presented with Indian and US social work students in Bangalore, Chennai and Mangalore.

Reviews for Social Work and Social Welfare: A Human Rights Foundation

The spirit of human rights and social work fit clearly, but the will to articulate human rights as foundational to social work has been sidelined - until now. This book provides human rights as an organizing framework, and makes it transferable to the syllabus and classroom. The global perspective is effective - we see more clearly when we learn through our peers around the world. The authors wisely include environmental justice and the kin idea of sustainable development; this is where human rights are nurtured or diminished for people all around the globe. - Christina L. Erickson, PhD, Associate Professor, Augsburg University van Wormer and Link capture the essence of social work as addressing the collective well-being of all with their emphasis on viewing human rights through a global lens. The star chapter about values analysis is a rare find and challenges students to think far past rugged individualism and geographic borders to realize there are many credible and worthy perspectives. The power analysis, cultural humility, and intersectionality approaches in the oppression chapter are current, holistic, and comprehensive. This is a go-to social work overview text due to the in-depth analysis of every piece of the social welfare pie. - Margo J. Heydt, EdD, LISW-S, Chair & Associate Professor, Social Work Department, Xavier University