The Routledge Handbook of Green Social Work

ISBN-13: 9780367580759 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 628 str.

Lena Dominelli

Opis

By providing the theories, practices, policies, knowledge and skills required to act responsibly in responding to the disasters that threaten the earth, this book handbook will be required reading for all social work students, academics and professionals, as well as those working in the fields of community development and disaster management.

Recenzje

‘In a world more and more affected by natural and hu(man)-made disasters, this volume provides not only a theoretical framework on "green social work", but also comprehensive and truly international examples of social work interventions in degraded environments. Teachers, students, professionals, environmental activists and politicians will find much to stimulate their thinking upon reading this book. Its breadth and scope features existing actions in prominent environmental issues and community sustainability that those engaged in the social work profession are concerned about. These inspirational examples offer hope and practical ways forward for addressing some of the world’s most intractable problems. Dominelli’s edited Handbook is a must read for students, scholars, practitioners, politicians, environmentalists and communities. It is organized so that they can focus on their particular interests, a chapter at a time.’ Annamaria Campanini, President, the International Association of Schools of Social Work, Professor in Social Work, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University Milano Bicocca, Italy

O autorze

Lena Dominelli holds a Chair in Applied Social Sciences in the School of Applied Social Sciences and is Co-Director at the Institute of Hazards, Risk and Resilience Research at Durham University where she has particular responsibility for work on vulnerability and resilience. She has held major large projects including those funded by the United Kingdom Research Councils – the ESRC (‘Internationalising Institutional and Professional Practices’), EPSRC (‘Climate Change, the Built Infrastructure and Health and Social Care Provisions for Older People’), and NERC (Earthquakes without Frontiers); and DfID (Department of International Development) and Wellcome Trust (Health Interventions during Volcanic Eruptions).