Practicing Social Justice

ISBN-13: 9780789021069 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 260 str.

John J. Stretch

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