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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798195603321

Autore

Reisch Michael <1948->

Titolo

Social work and social justice : concepts, challenges, and strategies / / Michael Reisch and Charles D. Garvin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-049444-1

0-19-989302-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (449 p.)

Disciplina

179/.93613

Soggetti

Social service - Moral and ethical aspects

Social justice

Social service - Practice

Social workers - Professional ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Social Work and Social Justice transcends discussions of abstract social justice concepts and goals by focusing on how these concepts can be used as guides for socially just practice at the interpersonal, organizational, community, and societal levels. In addition to emphasizing the importance of social justice work through compelling examples, case studies, and exercises, this book vividly illustrates its complexity and discusses how social workers can negotiate the practical and ethical challenges involved. Unlike many books on the subject, the text integrates diverse and often conflicting approaches to social justice to promote critical thinking and underscore the value of incorporating various perspectives into one's practice. Other distinguishing features include: its emphasis on the complementary nature of socially just goals and processes; its use of well-developed case examples, often drawn from the authors'experience; and the authors'reflection on the implications of these examples from both'micro'and'macro'perspectives, along with a discussion of how practitioners with diverse understandings of social justice might



interpret the case. Social Work and Social Justice is based on the authors'extensive teaching and practice experience in a wide variety of fields, both in the U.S. and internationally, and on their research on such varied topics as welfare reform, mental health, social work practice theory, social work values and ethics, and the history and philosophy of social welfare and social work. It is undeniably a must-have resource for students and faculty in undergraduate and graduate social work programs, as well as practitioners in social work and the human services.