Human rights and social equality. Volume I, Social work-social development : challenges for social work /

Human rights and social equality. challenges for social work / Volume I, Social work-social development :

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Imprint:	Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, 2014. ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Social service. Human rights. Human rights. Social service. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11224272

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Other authors / contributors:	Hessle, Sven, 1941- Almeida, Sonia Maria Figueiredo.
ISBN:	9781472412362 1472412362 9781472412379 1472412370 9781472412355
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This informative and incisively written edited collection brings together experts from around the world to explore the tension between a normative and a political base of social work and social development and, therefore, to address the question: How can social work and social policies contribute in the endeavor to respect, protect and fulfill human rights? This volume will show that there is no straightforward answer to this question owing to the clash between different sociocultural and local conditions and demands for universal human rights.
Other form:	Print version: Human rights and social equality. Volume I, Social work-social development. Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, ©2014 xxii, 194 pages 9781472412355

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Summary:	This informative and incisively written edited collection brings together experts from around the world to explore the tension between a normative and a political base of social work and social development and, therefore, to address the question: how can social work and social policies contribute to the endeavor to respect, protect and fulfill human rights? This volume will show that there is no straightforward answer to this question owing to the clash between different sociocultural and local conditions and demands for universal human rights.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
ISBN:	9781472412362 1472412362 9781472412379 1472412370 9781472412355