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Green Social Work
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This compelling new contribution confronts this topic head-on, examining environmental issues from a social work perspective. Lena Dominelli draws attention to the important voice of practitioners working on the ground in the aftermath of environmental disasters, whether these are caused by climate change, industrial accidents or human conflict. The author explores the concept of 'green social work' and its role in using environmental crises to address poverty and other forms of structural inequalities, to obtain more equitable allocations of limited natural resources and to tackle global socio-political forces that have a damaging impact upon the quality of life of poor and marginalized populations at local levels. The resolution of these matters is linked to community initiatives that social workers can engage in to ensure that the quality of life of poor people can be enhanced without costing the Earth.
This important book will appeal to those in the fields of social work, social policy, sociology and human geography. It powerfully reveals how environmental issues are an integral part of social work's remit if it is to retain its currency in the modern world and emphasize its relevance to the social issues that societies have to resolve in the twenty-first century.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
200
Release Date:
2012-06-08
Publication Date:
2012-07-02
Publisher:
Polity Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0745654010
ISBN13:
9780745654010
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Weight:
404 g
Height:
154 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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