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Understanding Human Rights An Exercise Book

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ISBN-10: 1412914116

ISBN-13: 9781412914116

Edition: 2006

Authors: Elisabeth Reichert

List price: $80.00
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Understanding Human Rights: An Exercise Book provides a concise, hands-on roadmap for learning about human rights within a social work context. By illustrating the importance of human rights to the social work profession with understandable explanations and exercises, author Elisabeth Reichert highlights why social workers need to embrace the concept of human rights. Key Features: Recognizes the importance of human rights: Recent policy statements by the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) and National Association of Social Workers (NASW) emphasize the need to educate social work students and professionals about human rights. This is the first book to incorporate a broad-based approach…    
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Book details

List price: $80.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/16/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Introduction
Why Human Rights and Social Work?
Human Rights and Law
Purpose of This Book
Outline of Book
Teaching Human Rights and Social Work
What Are Human Rights?
Definition of Human Rights
Three Sets of Human Rights
Human Rights Terms
Enforcement of Human Rights
Exercises
Beginnings of Human Rights
Evolution of the Human Rights Framework
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Social Workers and Development of Human Rights
Exercises
Building the Foundation: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Opening Statement
Summary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Exercises
Taking the Human Rights Temperature of Your Community
Beyond the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Conclusion
Exercises
Human Rights and Vulnerable Groups
What is a Vulnerable Group?
Women as a Vulnerable Group
Children as a Vulnerable Group
Victims of Racism as a Vulnerable Group
Persons With Disabilities as a Vulnerable Group
Persons With HIV-AIDS as a Vulnerable Group
Older Persons as a Vulnerable Group
Gays and Lesbians as a Vulnerable Group
Conclusion
Exercises
Cultural Relativism
Guidelines for Analyzing Cultural Relativism
Cultural Relativism - This Era's Facism?
Exercises
Human Rights and Ethics
NASW Code of Ethics
IFSW and Ethics
Human Rights and Ethics
Exercises
Social Work Practice and Human Rights
Preliminary Foundation for Applying Human Rights
Exercises
The International Side of Human Rights and Social Work
International Human Rights Issues
Exercises
Conclusion
Appendixes
References