Human Rights and Social Work: Towards Rights-Based Practice

by Jim Ife

• ISBN13: 9780521719629
• ISBN10: 0521719623
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-04
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The revised edition of this insightful book examines current human rights issues and shows how a broader understanding of human rights can be used to ground a form of practice that is central to social work, community development and broader human services. It draws on the 'three generations' tradition of human rights explored in the earlier edition while also recognising the limitations of this approach and reconstructing human rights in a broader perspective. The book extends the idea of human rights beyond the realm of theoretical analysis and into the arena of professional practice and social action, demonstrating how social work practice can be enhanced by an understanding of human rights theory. This is set within the context of current debates about globalisation and the need to incorporate an internationalist viewpoint into social work practice. This illuminating study presents an important perspective on the challenge of promoting international human rights.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Human rights in a globalised world

Human rights: beyond traditional formulations

Public and private human rights

Culture and human rights

Human rights and human needs

Human rights and obligations

Ethics and human rights

Participation in the human rights discourse

Constructing human rights for social work practice

Achieving human rights through social work practice

Respecting human rights in social work practice

Conclusion: prospects for human rights practice

The universal declaration of human rights

Other human rights declarations, treaties and conventions

References

Index

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