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Almost everywhere across the world, economic inequality has been
rising within and across national borders. The vision of a fairer
world embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is
being assailed by the advance of conservative ideology aided by
vitriolic right-wing populism sweeping across the globe. Neoliberal
ideology has had a profound impact in the shaping social work and
human services at the frontlines. This book contributes to
scholarship in critical practice and theory. It does so by
exploring a practice approach steeped in the critical tradition
that has hitherto received inordinately nominal attention in social
work literature. The book features accounts of
consciousness-raising in a variety of contexts - caste relations,
race and religion, gender and sexuality, disability and social
class. The narratives are meant to tease out conceptions and
potential applications of consciousness-raising as an approach for
critical practice. It will be of interest to practitioners,
educators and students of social work, community development,
social development and social pedagogy as well as those engaged in
the promotion of human rights and social justice.
Almost everywhere across the world, economic inequality has been
rising within and across national borders. The vision of a fairer
world embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is
being assailed by the advance of conservative ideology aided by
vitriolic right-wing populism sweeping across the globe. Neoliberal
ideology has had a profound impact in the shaping social work and
human services at the frontlines. This book contributes to
scholarship in critical practice and theory. It does so by
exploring a practice approach steeped in the critical tradition
that has hitherto received inordinately nominal attention in social
work literature. The book features accounts of
consciousness-raising in a variety of contexts - caste relations,
race and religion, gender and sexuality, disability and social
class. The narratives are meant to tease out conceptions and
potential applications of consciousness-raising as an approach for
critical practice. It will be of interest to practitioners,
educators and students of social work, community development,
social development and social pedagogy as well as those engaged in
the promotion of human rights and social justice.
Across the Asia Pacific, there are a vast range of experiences of
homelessness and an equally diverse range of responses from state
systems. Since understandings of homelessness are also heavily
dependent on geographical, cultural, and historical contexts,
attitudes towards it as a 'social problem' are essentially
underpinned by ideological considerations. With a particular focus
on critical and international policy and practice, this book builds
upon the current scholarship of homelessness across the Asia
Pacific. Through examining and comparing a range of state
responses, it explores the differing definitions and lived
experiences of the issue in a number of countries, including Japan,
China, India, Korea, and Australia. The book analyses a range of
key themes from welfare provision and legislation to the services
provided and the roles played by non-governmental organisations,
whilst also recognising the effects of class, gender and ethnicity
on homelessness in the region. Taking an interdisciplinary
approach, Faces of Homelessness in the Asia Pacific will be useful
to students and scholars of Social Policy, Urban Sociology,
Psychology and Asian Studies.
Across the Asia Pacific, there are a vast range of experiences of
homelessness and an equally diverse range of responses from state
systems. Since understandings of homelessness are also heavily
dependent on geographical, cultural, and historical contexts,
attitudes towards it as a 'social problem' are essentially
underpinned by ideological considerations. With a particular focus
on critical and international policy and practice, this book builds
upon the current scholarship of homelessness across the Asia
Pacific. Through examining and comparing a range of state
responses, it explores the differing definitions and lived
experiences of the issue in a number of countries, including Japan,
China, India, Korea, and Australia. The book analyses a range of
key themes from welfare provision and legislation to the services
provided and the roles played by non-governmental organisations,
whilst also recognising the effects of class, gender and ethnicity
on homelessness in the region. Taking an interdisciplinary
approach, Faces of Homelessness in the Asia Pacific will be useful
to students and scholars of Social Policy, Urban Sociology,
Psychology and Asian Studies.
Subversive Action presents cases that explore the use of extralegal
action undertaken in pursuit of human rights and social justice,
and locate that action with reference to the boundaries of social
work. Definitions of social work often include goals of social
change, social justice, empowerment, and the liberation of people,
but social work texts make little mention of extralegal actions.
Mainstream conceptions of social work usually consider it to fall
within the framework of particular legal and societal contexts. As
such, it is presented with boundaries for legitimate action even as
it espouses principles that may require it to challenge these
boundaries. How does one do social work in legal and societal
contexts that challenge these principles with institutional and
state-mandated exclusion and discrimination? Should social workers
simply act within the bounds of the law in line with their
professional sanction and mandate? Do their actions qualify as
social work if they are beyond the limits of the law? The essays in
this volume, by authors from around the world, raise these
questions by providing a basis for reflection about the claims we
make in social work embodied in discourses on social justice and
human rights.
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