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Social work in extremis : lessons for social work internationally /
This important book looks at social work responses in different countries to extreme social, economic and political situations including war situations, military regimes, earthquakes and tsunamis.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR :
Policy Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Social work in extremis
- disaster capitalism, 'social shocks' and 'popular social work'; 1 'Popular social work' in the Palestinian West Bank: dispatches from the front line; 2 Samidoun: grassroots welfare and popular resistance in Beirut during the 33-Day War of 2006; 3 Grassroots community organising in a post-disaster context: lessons for social work education from Ilias, Greece; 4 Grassroots community social work with the 'unwanted': the case of Kinisi and the rights of refugees and migrants in Patras, Greece.
- 5 In search of emancipatory social work practice in contemporary Colombia: working with the despalzados in Bogota6 Addressing social conflicts in Sri Lanka: social development interventions by a people's organisation; 7 International organisations, social work and war: a 'frog's perspective' reflection on the bird's eye view; 8 Welfare under warfare: the Greek struggle for emancipatory social welfare (1940-44); 9 Social welfare services to protect elderly victims of war in Cyprus; 10 Worker's eye view of neoliberalism and Hurricane Katrina.
- 11 Social work, social development and practice legitimacy in Central AsiaConclusion Social work in extremis
- some general conclusions; References; Index.