Human rights and social work : towards rights-based practice /

Human rights and social work : towards rights-based practice /

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Author / Creator:Ife, Jim, 1946-
Edition:Rev. ed.
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description:x, 258 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Social service -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Social workers -- Professional ethics.
Human rights.
Human rights.
Social service -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Social workers -- Professional ethics.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7488191
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ISBN:9780521719629 (pbk.)
0521719623 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-253) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Human rights in a globalised world
  • 2. Human rights: beyond traditional formulations
  • 3. Public and private human rights
  • 4. Culture and human rights
  • 5. Human rights and human needs
  • 6. Human rights and obligations
  • 7. Ethics and human rights
  • 8. Participation in the human rights discourse
  • 9. Constructing human rights for social work practice
  • 10. Achieving human rights through social work practice
  • 11. Respecting human rights in social work practice
  • 12. Conclusion: prospects for human rights practice
  • Appendix I. The universal declaration of human rights
  • Appendix II. Other human rights declarations, treaties and conventions
  • References
  • Index

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