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Social Work and Human Rights: A Foundation for Policy and Practice
Elisabeth Reichert
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Description for Social Work and Human Rights: A Foundation for Policy and Practice
Hardback. An overview of human rights concepts and laws for social workers that stresses the need to infuse human rights into social work policy and practice. The volume covers the history and development of human rights from the passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 onwards. Num Pages: 304 pages, six figures. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JKSN; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
As social work students and practitioners encounter the term "human rights" with greater frequency, there is a pressing need for them to understand its meaning, especially in contradistinction to the related concept of "social justice." This book is an overview of human rights ideas and laws for social workers that stresses the importance of human rights in all types of social work policy and practice. The volume first traces the history and development of human rights from the passage of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 and subsequent international documents. In particular, Social Work and Human ... Read more
As social work students and practitioners encounter the term "human rights" with greater frequency, there is a pressing need for them to understand its meaning, especially in contradistinction to the related concept of "social justice." This book is an overview of human rights ideas and laws for social workers that stresses the importance of human rights in all types of social work policy and practice. The volume first traces the history and development of human rights from the passage of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 and subsequent international documents. In particular, Social Work and Human ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231123082
SKU
V9780231123082
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About Elisabeth Reichert
Elizabeth Reichert teaches social work policy and practice at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Reviews for Social Work and Human Rights: A Foundation for Policy and Practice
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