Practicing Social Justice

ISBN-13: 9780789021076 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 249 str.

John J. Stretch; Ellen M. Burkemper; William J. Hutchison

Opis

Highlights innovative programs and interventions targeted toward underserved, vulnerable and marginalized populations. Raises critical questions on how society should justly provide for the economic well-being of our most valuable human assert- our children.

Spis treści

• The Right of Justice: Contributions of Social Work Practice-Research
• Whose Justice? An Examination of Nine Models of Justice
• Practicing Social Justice: Community-Based Research, Education, and Practice
• On Becoming a Social Justice Practitioner
• The Race/Poverty Intersection: Will We Ever Achieve Liberty and Justice for All?
• Building Bridges and Improving Racial Harmony: An Evaluation of the Bridges Across Racial Polarization Program®
• Social Justice and Welfare Reform: A Shift in Policy
• “Human-Sized” Economic Development: Innovations in Missouri
• The Homeless in Missouri in the ’90s: A Continuing Challenge to Social Justice
• Immigrant and Refugee Communities: Resiliency, Trauma, Policy, and Practice
• Doing Justice: Women Ex-Offenders as Group Facilitators, Advocates, and Community Educators
• Practicing Social Justice with Persons with Mental Illness Residing in Psychiatric Hospitals
• Youth Who Murder and Societal Responsibility: An Issue of Social Justice
• Children of High-Conflict Custody Disputes: Striving for Social Justice in Adult-Focused Litigation
• Practicing Social Justice with Persons with Developmental Disabilities Who Enter the Criminal Justice System
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

Jan Wilson, Ellen Burkemper, William J Hutchison, John J Stretch