Download or read book Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America written by John M. Herrick and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2005 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia provides readers with basic information about the history of social welfare in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The intent of the encyclopedia is to provide readers with information about how these three nations have dealt with social welfare issues, some similar across borders, others unique, as well as to describe important events, developments, and the lives and work of some key contributors to social welfare developments.

Download or read book The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work Teaching written by Jarosław Przeperski and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is a comprehensive text on social work education based on the narratives of social work educators, practitioners, and researchers from Asia and the Pacific, North and South America, Australia and Oceania, and Europe. It discusses innovations, challenges, pedagogy, and tested methods of social work teaching at various levels of educational programmes. The volume: Examines key concepts that underpin debates concerning social work teaching, research, and practice Brings out key concerns, debates, and narratives concerning various teaching, learning, and pedagogical methods from different countries Documents principal perspectives of different stakeholders involved in social work education – from educators and practitioners to novice social workers The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work Teaching will be an effective instrument in informing policy decisions related to social work teaching and pedagogy at the global and local levels. It will be essential for educators, researchers, and practitioners within social work institutions and for professional associations around the world.

Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of International Social Work written by Karen H Lyons and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social work is a profession that is increasingly involved with issues which have a global dimension. This Handbook tackles the global/local aspect of social work in its various forms and interrogates the key concerns that societies are facing through an international lens. The contributors show that, with an appreciation of commonalities and differences, local practices and appropriate forms of international activity can be better developed. Areas covered include: - Analysis of ′International social work′ - Globalisation and indigenisation - Social justice and human rights - Poverty and livelihoods - Ecological issues - Migration - Education, theory, research and practice - Social work in different settings - Religion and spirituality - Responses to disasters and conflicts - Life course perspectives - Regional perspectives - Future directions With a truly international range of contributions, the Handbook incorporates perspectives from Asia, Africa, Europe, Australasia, the Middle East and the Americas. It will be an invaluable resource for undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and academics working in the fields of social work, social welfare, human services, and community development worldwide, as well as service providers and policy makers in the international arena.

Download or read book A Social History of Spanish Labour written by José A. Piqueras and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on organization, resistance and political culture, this collection represents some of the best examples of recent Spanish historiography in the field of modern Spanish labor movements. Topics range from socialism to anarchism, from the formation of the liberal state in the 19th century to the Civil War, and from women in the work place to the fate of the unions under Franco.

Download or read book Social Work s Histories of Complicity and Resistance written by Vasilios Ioakimidis and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social work is often presented as a benevolent and politically neutral profession, avoiding discussion about its sometimes troubling political histories. This book rethinks social work’s legacy and history of both political resistance and complicity with oppressive and punitive practices. Using a comparative approach with international case studies, the book uncovers the role of social workers in politically tense episodes of recent history, including the anti-racist struggle in the US and the impact of colonialism in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. As the de-colonisation of curricula and the Black Lives Matter movement gain momentum, this fascinating book skilfully navigates social work’s collective political past while considering its future.

Download or read book Social Workers Affecting Social Policy written by Gal, John and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Furthering social justice and human rights is a fundamental principle underlying the social work profession. Engaging in social policy formulation processes is a major route through which social workers can realise this goal. This type of social work activity has been termed ‘policy practice’. The aim of this book is to shed light on policy practice in social work discourse, education and practice in eight liberal democracies. This is the first effort to undertake a cross-national study of social worker engagement in social policy formulation processes. The book offers insights into questions such as ‘what is the importance attributed to social worker involvement in policy change in the social work discourse and education in different countries?’ and ‘how do social workers influence social policy in various national settings?’ These issues are relevant to social worker practitioners, students, educators and researchers, as well as to social policy scholars, who are interested in the role of professionals in social policy formulation.

Download or read book Introduction to Social Work Fourth Edition written by Ira Colby and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are certain questions that all students considering social work ask. Who are social workers? What is it that social workers do? How is the social work profession changing? What does it take to become a social worker? Ira Colby and Sophia Dziegielewski bring their decades of experience in social work practice and education to answer these questions. This engaging text gives readers a practical guide to the many ways in which social workers effect change in their communities and the world. The authors offer an overview and history of the profession; introduce readers to the practice of social work at the micro, mezzo, and macro level; and finally look closely at the many settings and populations that social workers work with. While realistically portraying the pressures and obstacles that social workers face, Colby and Dziegielewski communicate their own passion for social work.

Download or read book Trabajo social written by Alfredo Hidalgo Lavié and published by EDITORIAL SANZ Y TORRES S.L.. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este manual persigue como finalidad convertirse en el instrumento necesario para la formación de los trabajadores sociales en una perspectiva internacional. Como es habitual en nuestra Universidad (UNED) las asignaturas se apoyan en textos básicos que comprenden sus contenidos y por este propósito se ha realizado esta publicación, con el fin explícito de aunar los análisis de diferentes autores sobre el origen, desarrollo y evolución del Trabajo Social en sus respectivos países. Gracias a la colaboración del Consejo General de Trabajo Social de nuestro país y de la Federación Internacional de Trabajo Social de la región de Europa, Turquía e Israel hemos podido contar con autores de reconocida formación en nuestra disciplina para llevar a buen puerto este empeño. Varios son los Presidentes de las Asociaciones Nacionales que participan en esta obra en común. Todos ellos poseen una dilatada experiencia en el ejercicio profesional y algunos ejercen sus funciones hoy como docentes en la Universidad o en puestos de representación. La asignatura Trabajo Social en Perspectiva Comparada ofrece al estudiante una oportunidad para aproximarse a las realidades de la profesión de otros países. La evolución y desarrollo del Trabajo Social como profesión y como disciplina ha recorrido inevitablemente el mismo trayecto por el que la historia política de cada país ha atravesado, por tanto la historia, la economía, la sociedad, sus valores culturales y religiosos han marcado el destino de la profesión. Y estos mismos elementos que han contribuido a su identidad también presentan y dibujan en el horizonte sus principales desafíos y retos a los que tendrá que enfrentarse a lo largo de todo este siglo xxi. Es, por consiguiente, una gran ocasión para conocer a los pioneros de otros países, a los combates iniciales por el reconocimiento de la profesión, a la honda tradición desconocida de algunos de ellos, al nivel de desarrollo alcanzado en sus servicios sociales, en particular, y en el conjunto de sus políticas sociales a nivel estatal. Pero junto a este conocimiento y análisis, esta publicación ofrece al estudiante además introducirse en la apasionante polémica sobre el modelo de identidad que debe prevalecer en aras de garantizar su proyección de futuro. Trabajo Social posee un indiscutible origen como movimiento social, el de las reformadoras sociales, las cuales sentaron las bases de una organización social más justa y solidaria. Un camino que recorrieron en paralelo con la batalla por el espacio que consideraban propio como colectivo profesional, primero, y como disciplina después. Pero esta batalla última, lejos de haber finalizado, continúa nutriendo la cuestión ancestral sobre su propio ser como profesión. La identidad, siempre cuestionada, y siempre en el centro del debate, se ve afectada además hoy día por las consecuencias de una crisis económica y financiera de graves perversiones en el campo laboral. La figura del asistente social, como mero gestor de recursos y tareas puramente burocráticas, persiste en el consciente colectivo de gran parte de la sociedad, a pesar de los incuestionables avances realizados. A los trabajadores sociales les gusta que su actividad sea relacionada con determinados valores cuyo fundamento se encuentra en los derechos humanos. Muchas otras profesiones podrían también realizar esta misma afirmación. Sin embargo, no todas ellas atraviesan por el mismo circuito histórico sobre el cuestionamiento de su ser. Tal vez, porque la esencia de sus orígenes como movimiento social, su lucha reivindicativa, y a veces incluso política, sigue muy presente latiendo en cada profesional de la intervención. Quizá también esta actitud reivindicativa, al trascender ciertos parámetros ideológicos y políticos, contribuya a la desconfianza que suscita en el seno de las Ciencias Sociales. ¿Debe un profesional saltar a la escena política de la reivindicación? ¿Y este salto en cuál dirección ideológica debe hacerse sin asumir el riesgo de la politización de la propia actividad profesional? ¿Posee Trabajo Social una carga ideológica identificada que trasciende la defensa de los derechos reconocidos? Este es el debate al que se invita también al lector y al que los propios autores contribuyen con sus líneas. Recientemente, se han cumplido cien años de la publicación Diagnóstico Social de Mary Richmond, (1917). Todo un referente para ahondar en los contenidos de esta obra que tanto ha contribuido para sentar las bases del ejercicio de la profesión y desde la profesión misma. Toda una efeméride que invita traer del recuerdo esta cuestión central sobre las tendencias a propósito de la identidad.

Download or read book Social Work and Neoliberalism written by Edgar Marthinsen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-26 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social work educators and practitioners are grappling with many difficulties confronting the profession in the context of an increasingly neoliberal world. The contributors of this book examine how neoliberalism — and the modes with which it structures the world — has an impact on, and shapes, social work as a disciplinary ‘field’. Drawing on new empirical work, the chapters in this book highlight how neoliberalism is affecting social work practices ‘on the ground’. The book seeks to stimulate international debate on the totalizing effects of neoliberalism, and in so doing, also identify various ways through which it can be resisted both locally and globally. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the European Journal of Social Work.

Download or read book Historia m nima La cultura mexicana en el siglo XX written by Carlos Monsiváis and published by El Colegio de Mexico AC. This book was released on 2010-02-09 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En esta obra póstuma, Carlos Monsiváis, con su estilo y erudición únicos, recorre un siglo de la vida cultural de México, si bien, como él mismo confiesa, ésta es una tarea inacabable a la que además se suma la brevedad de la obra, que le obliga a cerrar su crónica en la década de 1980, dejando fuera los movimientos y creadores de los dos últimos decenios del siglo XX. Su recorrido parte de la época del modernismo y pasa por todas las manifestaciones culturales que se desarrollan a lo largo de las siguientes décadas, como la narrativa de la Revolución, el muralismo, la cultura en los años veinte, los Contemporáneos, la poesía de la generación del 50 hasta llegar al año de la ruptura que representa 1968 y las manifestaciones culturales que de él se desprenden.

Download or read book Global Social Work in a Political Context written by Ferguson, Iain and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is social work shaped by global issues and international problems and how should it address them? This book employs a radical perspective to examine international social work. Globalisation had opened up many issues for social work, including how to address global inequalities, the impact of global economic problems and trends towards neoliberalism. By examining the origins of modern social work, problematising its definition and addressing the care/control dichotomy the book reveals what we can learn from different approaches and projects across the globe. Case studies from the UK, the US, Canada, Spain, Latin America, Australia, Hungary and Greece bring the text to life and allow both students and practitioners to apply theory to practice.

Download or read book Battles for Belonging written by Sandra Sánchez–López and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2024-03-06 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battles for Belonging: Women Journalists, Political Culture, and the Paradoxes of Inclusion in Colombia, 1943-1970 examines women journalists who conceived of their publications as political interventions in mid-twentieth-century Colombia. These journalists committed to shaping justice and opportunity for women in society through writing while battling within the publishing realm to also transform and professionalize the practice of journalism in their own terms. By analyzing the contentious narratives of gender and class these women crafted as well as their conflicting efforts to maintain their stature in the printing and public worlds, it reveals the ongoing negotiations involved within their disputes over inclusion and democracy in a country still finding its way to equality, peace, and stability between the 1940s and 1960s. This book challenges oversimplified portrayals of struggles for power that either glorify or vilify these historical processes by erasing the complexity of the political and social actors involved in them. It stresses the importance of women, but not to the expense of a balanced critique of their historical reality, actions, and endeavors. This is a history of paradoxical political manifestations and a redefinition of power struggles as multidirectional, intersectional, non-monolithic historical processes, from the viewpoint of women.

Download or read book Gender and Welfare in Mexico written by Nichole Sanders and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twentieth-century &“Mexican Miracle,&” which solidified the dominant position of the PRI, has been well documented. A part of the PRI&’s success story that has not hitherto been told is that of the creation of the welfare state, its impact (particularly on the roles of women), and the consequent transformation of Mexican society. A central focus of the PRI&’s welfare policy was to protect women and children. An important by-product of this effort was to provide new opportunities for women of the middle and upper classes to carve out a political role for themselves at a time when they did not yet enjoy suffrage and to participate as social workers, administrators, or volunteers. In Gender and Welfare in Mexico, Nichole Sanders uses archival sources from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and contemporary periodical literature to explain how the creation of the Mexican welfare state was gendered&—and how the process reflected both international and Mexican discourses on gender, the family, and economic development.

Download or read book Raising the Living Dead written by Alberto Ortiz Díaz and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2023-03-08 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Raising the Living Dead is a new history of Puerto Rico's carceral rehabilitation system in the middle decades of the twentieth century that brings to life the interactions of incarcerated people, their wider social networks, and health care professionals. The book addresses key issues in the history of prisons and the histories of medicine and belief, including how prisoners' different racial, class, and cultural identities shaped their incarceration and how professionals living in a colonial society dealt with the challenge of rehabilitating prisoners for citizenship. The main idea of the book is that, in the region, multiple communities of care came together both inside and outside of prisons to imagine and imperfectly enact solution-oriented cultures of rehabilitation. Specifically, Alberto Ortiz Díaz argues that scientific and humanistic approaches to well-being were deliberately fused to raise the "living dead" (an expression that reemerged in the modern Caribbean to refer to prisoners). These reform groups sought to raise incarcerated people physically, mentally, socially, spiritually, and civically. The book is based on deep, original archival research into the Oso Blanco (White Bear) penitentiary in Puerto Rico, yet it situates its study within Puerto Rico's broader carceral archipelago and other Caribbean prisons. The agents of this history include not only physical health professionals, but also their mental health counterparts (psychologists and psychiatrists), social workers, spiritual and religious practitioners, and, of course, the prisoners and their families. By following all these groups and emphasizing the interpersonal exercise of power, Ortiz Díaz is able to tell a story that goes beyond structural and social control debates. Raising the Living Dead is not just about convicts, their immediate interlocutors, and their contexts, however, but about how together these open a window into the history of social uplift projects within the (neo)colonial societies of the Caribbean. There is no book like this in Caribbean historiography and few examine these themes in the larger literature on the history of prisons"--

Download or read book Social Work and Climate Justice written by Devendraraj Madhanagopal and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-28 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that climate justice is an urgent and defining global challenge with long-term implications for poverty reduction, livelihoods, community well-being, and sustainable development. It provides a thorough overview of both fundamental and new directions of knowledge and policy directions in this less debated area within environmental social work. The chapters of this book offer both global and cross-country perspectives via case studies from India, Nepal, Ukraine, South Africa, and the USA, providing greater understanding, evidence, and strategies to achieve the resilience of vulnerable communities based on climate justice principles. It will be required reading for all scholars, students, and social work professionals as well as those working in sustainability and community development.

Download or read book Ages of Anxiety written by William S. Bush and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six compelling histories of youth crime in the twentieth century Ages of Anxiety presents six case studies of juvenile justice policy in the twentieth century from around the world, adding context to the urgent and international conversation about youth, crime, and justice. By focusing on magistrates, social workers, probation and police officers, and youth themselves, editors William S. Bush and David S. Tanenhaus highlight the role of ordinary people as meaningful and consequential historical actors. After providing an international perspective on the social history of ideas about how children are different from adults, the contributors explain why those differences should matter for the administration of justice. They examine how reformers used the idea of modernization to build and legitimize juvenile justice systems in Europe and Mexico, and present histories of policing and punishing youth crime. Ages of Anxiety introduces a new theoretical model for interpreting historical research to demonstrate the usefulness of social histories of children and youth for policy analysis and decision-making in the twenty-first century. Shedding new light on the substantive aims of the juvenile court, the book is a historically informed perspective on the critical topic of youth, crime, and justice.

Download or read book Subject Catalog written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 1004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: