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Social work in extremis : lessons for social work internationally / edited by Michael Lavalette and Vasilios Ioakimidis.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (199 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781847427199
  • 1847427197
  • 1447303555
  • 9781447303558
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Social work in extremis : Lessons for social work internationally.DDC classification:
  • 361.3 23
LOC classification:
  • HV553 .S587 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Social work in extremis -- disaster capitalism, 'social shocks' and 'popular social work'; 1 'Popular social work' in the Palestinian West Bank: dispatches from the front line; 2 Samidoun: grassroots welfare and popular resistance in Beirut during the 33-Day War of 2006; 3 Grassroots community organising in a post-disaster context: lessons for social work education from Ilias, Greece; 4 Grassroots community social work with the 'unwanted': the case of Kinisi and the rights of refugees and migrants in Patras, Greece.
5 In search of emancipatory social work practice in contemporary Colombia: working with the despalzados in Bogota6 Addressing social conflicts in Sri Lanka: social development interventions by a people's organisation; 7 International organisations, social work and war: a 'frog's perspective' reflection on the bird's eye view; 8 Welfare under warfare: the Greek struggle for emancipatory social welfare (1940-44); 9 Social welfare services to protect elderly victims of war in Cyprus; 10 Worker's eye view of neoliberalism and Hurricane Katrina.
11 Social work, social development and practice legitimacy in Central AsiaConclusion Social work in extremis -- some general conclusions; References; Index.
Summary: This important book looks at social work responses in different countries to extreme social, economic and political situations including war situations, military regimes, earthquakes and tsunamis.
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List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Social work in extremis -- disaster capitalism, 'social shocks' and 'popular social work'; 1 'Popular social work' in the Palestinian West Bank: dispatches from the front line; 2 Samidoun: grassroots welfare and popular resistance in Beirut during the 33-Day War of 2006; 3 Grassroots community organising in a post-disaster context: lessons for social work education from Ilias, Greece; 4 Grassroots community social work with the 'unwanted': the case of Kinisi and the rights of refugees and migrants in Patras, Greece.

5 In search of emancipatory social work practice in contemporary Colombia: working with the despalzados in Bogota6 Addressing social conflicts in Sri Lanka: social development interventions by a people's organisation; 7 International organisations, social work and war: a 'frog's perspective' reflection on the bird's eye view; 8 Welfare under warfare: the Greek struggle for emancipatory social welfare (1940-44); 9 Social welfare services to protect elderly victims of war in Cyprus; 10 Worker's eye view of neoliberalism and Hurricane Katrina.

11 Social work, social development and practice legitimacy in Central AsiaConclusion Social work in extremis -- some general conclusions; References; Index.

This important book looks at social work responses in different countries to extreme social, economic and political situations including war situations, military regimes, earthquakes and tsunamis.

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index.

English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 050, 082

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