About the Book
How does climate change affect social work and social development?
What actions are needed to integrate the three pillars of economic development, environmental development and social protection?
With global warming and the increase in natural disasters due to the emission of greenhouse gases, an alternative approach to the natural environment is vital. The main focus of this volume is to emphasize the person-in-environment concept and to find measures for its implementation. For social work the environment has traditionally been viewed as a world of human relationships as opposed to the interaction between man and environment.
This informative and incisively written edited collection brings together experts from around the world to analyze the person-in-environment concept and to find measures for its implementation. Through the presentation of theoretical and practical platforms for environmental social work or `green social work’, we hope to bring about a new paradigmatic shift in our attitude to the concept of person-in- environment.
Table of Contents:
Contents: Introduction, Sven Hessle; The Government of Canada: On trial for the racial discrimination of First Nations children, Cindy Blackstock; Environmental Social Work: A future of curiosity, contemplation and connection, Fred H. Besthorn; Disaster Management: Perspectives for Social Work and Social Development: Disaster management - action and impact: perspectives for social work and social development, Roland Sewell; Roles and functions of social workers in Wenchuan earthquake post-disaster intervention: based on the three stage model, Xiying Wang and Xiulan Zhang; Recent development on disaster management in Thailand, Decha Sungkawan; Humanitarian aid in times of disasters: lessons from responses to the 2004 tsunami in Sri-Lanka, Tom Vickers and Lena Dominelli; Invisible women: examining women’s experiences of aid in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka, Lena Dominelli; Social workers as crisis first responders, Antoinette Farmer and Roland Quincy; Indigenous Understanding of Environmental Change and its Social Consequences: Climate change and environmental justice: indigenous perspectives from the United States, Hilary N. Weaver; Is situational migration vulnerable? An answer from Asia through sustainable intervention, Sarangadhar Samal; Integrating Economic, Environmental and Social Perspectives: The Social Protection Floors Recommendation R. 202 (2012) adopted by the International Labour Organization, Alejandro Bonilla Garcia; Inclusion of children as stakeholders in social, economic and environmental development, Antoinette Lombard and Andries Viviers; Multidisciplinary education for environmental sustainability, Cathryne Schmitz and Thomas Matyók; Social Action for Clean Water: The quest for clean water in Kenya: social workers’ uneasy role, Pius Mutuku Mutie; Water, pesticides and our children’s wellbeing: international initiatives and opportunities, K. Findley, L. Laiewski and M.E. Rogge; Social Economy and Sustainable Social Development: Local Lessons - Global Challenges: Microfinance system and rural housing: generation of a model from the case study of Sivagangai District, Tamilnadu, India, Francis Adaikalam; Enterprising social work: social enterprise action research with remote indigenous communities in Australia, Deirdre Tedmanson; Sustainable Social Development: Research, Education and Practice: Social work global access model: promoting social equity and social change, Monit Cheung and Rhonda G. Patrick; Environmental Justice at the Heart of Social Work Practice: Greening the Profession, Lena Dominelli; Appendix; Index.
About the Author :
Sven Hessle is Professor of Social Work at Stockholm University in Sweden and editor in chief of The International Journal of Social Welfare. Sven Hessle, Cindy Blackstock, Fred H. Besthorn, Roland Sewell, Xiying Wang, Xiulan Zhang, Decha Sungkawan, Tom Vickers, Lena Dominelli, Antoinette Farmer, Roland Quincy, Hilary N. Weaver, Sarangadhar Samal, Alejandro Bonilla Garcia, Antoinette Lombard, Andries Viviers, Cathryne Schmitz, Thomas Matyok, Pius Mutuku Mutie, K. Findley, L. Laiewski, M.E. Rogge, Francis Adaikalam, Deirdre Tedmanson, Monit Cheung, Rhonda G. Patrick
Review :
'These three volumes [see also Human Rights and Social Equality: Challenges for Social Work and Global Social Transformation and Social Action: The Role of Social Workers] have the intention of covering the 'most important social aspects of social work and development in the world today', a writes Sven Hessle, Professor of Social Work at Stockholm University, in the introduction to the volumes. ... The many contributions of three volumes, albeit very diverse in form as well as in substance, provide food for thought about the global agenda.' European Journal of Social Work
'These three volumes [see also Human Rights and Social Equality: Challenges for Social Work and Global Social Transformation and Social Action: The Role of Social Workers] have the intention of covering the `most important social aspects of social work and development in the world today’, a writes Sven Hessle, Professor of Social Work at Stockholm University, in the introduction to the volumes. … The many contributions of three volumes, albeit very diverse in form as well as in substance, provide food for thought about the global agenda.'
European Journal of Social Work
