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  • Human Rights in Social Work

    Key Themes for an Emerging Paradigm in Education, Practice and Research

    Series series Research in Social Work
    What does it mean for social work to truly uphold human rights in an era marked by economic austerity, political polarisation and global crises?Human Rights in Social Work offers a powerful and timely response, calling for a fundamental rethinking of practice rooted in relational, dignity-driven approaches. Grounded in critical theory and real-world issues, this book interrogates the limitations ... Read more

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  • Decolonized Approaches to Human Rights and Social Work

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Despite committed effort to integrate postcolonial theory and decolonizing practices in human rights education in social work, there is scant literature offering a more balanced global perspective. This book addresses that need. Included here are discursive voices contributed by social work colleagues whose work is impacted by postcolonial realities. The task of decolonizing social work as a human ... Read more

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    Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies

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