Gómez-Ciriano / Martínez-Herrero / Cummins Human Rights in Social Work

Key Themes for an Emerging Paradigm in Education, Practice and Research
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7413-8
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Research in Social Work

What does it mean for social work to truly uphold human rights in an era marked by economic austerity, political polarisation and global crises?

Human Rights in Social Work offers a powerful and timely response, calling for a fundamental rethinking of practice rooted in relational, dignity-driven approaches. Grounded in critical theory and real-world issues, this book interrogates the limitations of current approaches and offers a compelling vision for a more just, relational and accountable social work in which intersectionality and cultures play a central role.

Bringing together leading voices in theory, practice and research, the book examines how social workers can move beyond rhetoric – confronting the profession’s own historic and ongoing failings – to embed a deeper, more intersectional understanding of human rights into social work’s core.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gómez-Ciriano, Emilio José

Martínez-Herrero, Inés

Cummins, Ian

Weitere Mitwirkende

Boryczko, Marcin

Martin, Philip

Melinda, Madew

Terezia, Rostas

Ozan, Selçuk

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: A human rights response to turbulent times

PART I: The human rights framework and its connection with social work

1. The human rights framework: relevance for social work education and research

2. Neoliberalism, human rights and citizenship

3. Social work, human rights and a culture of peace

4. Social work, poverty and human rights

5. The liminal position of human rights in social work: is social work a human rights profession?

6. An intersectional approach to human rights in social work

PART II: Human rights in practice, education and research

7. Human rights and social work education

8. Human rights and social work research

9. Social work and climate change

10. Human rights and the challenges of digital social work

11. Populism in Fortress Europe: social work and the human rights of migrants and asylum seekers

12. Social work with Gypsy Roma Traveller communities

Epilogue: Time for awareness, time for reaction, time for responsibility

Über Autor(innen)

Martin, Philip
Research Assistant, Sustainable Housing & Urban Studies Unit, University of Salford

Cummins, Ian
Ian Cummins is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Salford University. He qualified as a probation officer and subsequently worked as a mental health social worker. His research interests including the history of community care and mental health issues in the CJS. His most recent work has focused on poverty, inequality and advanced marginality.

Emilio José Gómez-Ciriano is Associate Professor of Social Work at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha and Vice-President of the Spanish Federation of Human Rights Associations.

Inés Martínez Herrero is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the National University of Distance Education, a qualified social worker and Secretary and former Vice President of the European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA).

Ian Cummins recently retired as Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Social Sciences at Salford University. His research has focussed on poverty and mental health.