Rights-based Approach to Community Practice in Palestine

ISBN-13: 9783639345070 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 292 str.

Zaidalkilani Sami

Opis

This study has investigated the experience of a community organization in Palestine in adopting and implementing a rights-based approach to community practice. The studied organization practiced community advocacy in the frame work of social work as an emerging profession in an emerging state, and in an environment characterized by political, social and economic instability. Data about this experience was collected from three sources; the organizations documents, persons who were involved in its work, and the researchers own experience as a founding director of the organization. Data collection used qualitative methods; interviewing study participants, reviewing documents, and reflection on researchers experience. Data analysis used qualitative traditions. The study concluded that successful adoption and implementation of RBA is conditioned by five factors: opportunity, professionality, commitment, RBAing the organizations practice, and sustaining the approach. RBAing takes into account the following principles: participatory empowerment; practice context and cultural relativism; rights and needs; accountability; and solidarity.

O autorze

Sami Zaidalkilani Assistant Professor, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palesitne. B.Sc. Physics, M.A. Science Education, MSW & Ph.D. Social Work. He is also a short story writer, a poet, and a human rights activist.