Understanding Human Rights

An Exercise Book
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4129-1411-6
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 550 g

Understanding Human Rights: An Exercise Book provides a concise, hands-on roadmap for learning about human rights within a social work context. By illustrating the importance of human rights to the social work profession with understandable explanations and exercises, author Elisabeth Reichert highlights why social workers need to embrace the concept of human rights.

Key Features: - Recognizes the importance of human rights: Recent policy statements by the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) and National Association of Social Workers (NASW) emphasize the need to educate social work students and professionals about human rights. This is the first book to incorporate a broad-based approach to the teaching of human rights, without lengthy, academic discussions of human rights principles. - Applies human rights principles: An accessible discussion of human rights topics and themes is provided to help students translate human rights concepts into social work practice. This book helps students identify human rights, recognize the value of human rights, analyze human rights, and take action to realize human rights. - Provides analytical tools: Each chapter begins with a major human rights theme, followed by exercises to assist students in understanding the discussion. The book aims to make human rights concepts real and adaptable to everyday circumstances. An interactive approach to learning about human rights is offered to generate true enthusiasm to and give students a working knowledge of this extremely important topic.


Intended Audience: This book is an ideal supplemental text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on policy, practice, and advanced generalist practice in the field of social work, as well as an excellent resource for social work practitioners.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reichert, Elisabeth

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Why Human Rights and Social Work?
Human Rights and Law
Purpose of This Book
Outline of Book
Teaching Human Rights and Social Work
Ch. 1: What Are Human Rights?
Definition of Human Rights
Three Sets of Human Rights
Human Rights Terms
Enforcement of Human Rights
Exercises
Ch. 2: Beginnings of Human Rights
Evolution of the Human Rights Framework
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Social Workers and Development of Human Rights
Exercises
Ch. 3: Building the Foundation: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Opening Statement
Summary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Exercises
Taking the Human Rights Temperature of Your Community
Ch. 4: Beyond the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Conclusion
Exercises
Ch. 5: Human Rights and Vulnerable Groups
What is a Vulnerable Group?
Women as a Vulnerable Group
Children as a Vulnerable Group
Victims of Racism as a Vulnerable Group
Persons With Disabilities as a Vulnerable Group
Persons With HIV-AIDS as a Vulnerable Group
Older Persons as a Vulnerable Group
Gays and Lesbians as a Vulnerable Group
Conclusion
Exercises
Ch. 6: Cultural Relativism
Guidelines for Analyzing Cultural Relativism
Cultural Relativism - This Era's Facism?
Exercises
Ch. 7: Human Rights and Ethics
NASW Code of Ethics
IFSW and Ethics
Human Rights and Ethics
Exercises
Ch. 8: Social Work Practice and Human Rights
Preliminary Foundation for Applying Human Rights
Exercises
Ch. 9: The International Side of Human Rights and Social Work
International Human Rights Issues
Exercises
Conclusion
Appendixes
References

Über Autor(innen)

Reichert, Elisabeth
<strong> Elisabeth Reichert, LCSW, Ph.D.</strong> received her degree in social work from the University of Tennessee in 1985 with the aid of a Fulbright Scholarship. She also holds an equivalent degree in Germany. After receiving her social work degree, she practiced clinical social work until 1994, when she began teaching social work policy and practice. she is professor at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and has previously published a book on Social Work and Human Rights: A Foundation for Policy and Practice.