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As social work students and practitioners encounter the term "Human Rights" with greater frequency, there is a pressing need for them to understand its meaning, especially in contradistinction to the related concept of "social justice". This book is an overview of human rights ideas and laws for social workers that stresses the importance of human rights in all types of social work policy and practice. It traces the history and development of ...
By using human rights as a guidepost, social workers can help create social welfare policies that better serve societal needs. However, in applying human rights to contemporary situations, social workers often encounter challenges that require thinking outside the box. Bringing together provocative essays from a diverse range of authors, Elisabeth Reichert demonstrates how approaching social work from a human rights perspective can profoundly affect legislation, ...