TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lavalette,Michael
AU  - Ioakimidis,Vasilios
TI  - Social work in extremis: lessons for social work internationally 
SN  - 9781847427199
AV  - HV553 .S587 2011
U1  - 361.3 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Bristol, UK, Portland, OR
PB  - Policy Press
KW  - Disaster relief
KW  - Social service
KW  - Relief Work
KW  - Social Work
KW  - Secours aux victimes de catastrophes
KW  - Service social
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Sozialarbeit
KW  - gnd
KW  - Katastrophenhilfe
KW  - idszbz
KW  - Socialt arbete
KW  - sao
KW  - swd
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index; 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
N2  - 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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