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About the Book :
A Foundation
for Policy and Practice. (forthcoming/March.03) Columbia
University Press, New York
by Elisabeth Reichert
A new and dynamic
book on human rights, Social Work and Human Rights:
A Foundation for Policy and Practice, will be available
in March 2003, by Columbia University Press. The author
of the book, Dr. Elisabeth Reichert, is an Associate
Professor of Social Work at Southern Illinois University
at Carbondale.
This book provides
a thorough introduction to the world of human rights
as it applies to social policies and issues in the United
States and other countries. Within the United States,
social workers have been
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reluctant to integrate human rights
into their profession. Social Work and Human Rights
provides a detailed guide to human rights principles
and why those principles are tied so closely to social
work, regardless of country.
Because the
tendency exists to generalize about human rights and
what they actually mean, this book dissects aspects
of human rights as they relate to the social work profession
and presents each of those parts in an understandable
form. Chapters cover the development and history of
human rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
covenants and other treaties involving human rights,
and human rights in an international context. The book
addresses human rights in relation to cultural relativism,
ethics, and vulnerable groups, including children, women,
victims of racism, gays and lesbians, older persons,
persons with disabilities, and those with HIV/AIDS.
The final chapter addresses the application of human
rights to social work policy and practice and provides
case studies that apply human rights to the social work
profession.
Social Work and Human
Rights is essential reading for all students, educators
and professionals interested in the area of human rights.
For social workers, the book successfully presents the
unifying and systematic conceptualization of human rights
that is sorely needed. However, much of the discussion
in the book covers topics that have great importance
beyond the social work profession. Non social workers
will find the book extremely useful in obtaining basic
knowledge about the meaning of human rights.
As stated by Dr. van
Wormer, a Professor of Social Work at University of
Northern Iowa, in the foreword of Social Work and Human
Rights, "Where is the human rights compass to guide
social workers? I have found it, and it is here."
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