ISBN : 9780190612825
Infused with relevant personal narratives and photographs, Social Work and Social Welfare provides a global, human rights perspective on social welfare policies that are at the forefront of controversy in today's world (e.g. immigration policies, environmental sustainability, health care, housing, food insecurity, and income/wealth inequality).
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
