Promoting a human rights perspective on critical social work

Sharlene Nipperess; Linda Briskman

Promoting a human rights perspective on critical social work

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

This chapter provides a human rights perspective on critical social work. It argues that the concept of human rights, though highly contested and problematic in many ways, makes any important contribution to critical social work and integrates with a range of critical theory and practice paradigms. Specifically, the chapter explores the commitment of social work to human rights, the place of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, the contestation that exists in seeking common human rights principals and the synergies between critical social work and human rights.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Critical Social Work: Theories and Practices for a Socially Just World
Editors	June Allan, Linda Briskman, Bob Pease
Place of Publication	Crows Nest, N.S.W.
Publisher	Allen & Unwin
Pages	58-69
Number of pages	12
Edition	2nd
ISBN (Print)	9781742370927
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

human rights advocacy
social workers
social work education
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations. General Assembly)

UN SDGs

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Promoting a human rights perspective on critical social work

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