Suchergebnisse

The trouble with the ways morality is used and how they impede social equality and social justice / Elliot Turiel -- The moral judgment of the child reevaluated : heteronomy, early morality, and reasoning about social justice and inequalities / Charles C. Helwig -- America's Head Start program : an effort for social justice / Edward Zigler and Sally J. Styfco -- Affirmative action and ethnic minority university students : enlarging pipelines to support success / Joel Gills, Kristina Schmukler, Margarita Azmitia, and Faye Crosby -- The biology of social justice : linking social inequalities and health in adolescence / Elizabeth Goodman and Nancy E. Adler -- Leaving LGBT students behind : schools, sexuality, and rights / Stacey Horn -- The development of stereotype threat : consequences for educational and social equality / Catherine Good and Joshua Aronson -- Honour, truth, and justice / by Unni Wikan -- In defense of universal values / Martha Nussbaum

This informative and incisively written edited collection brings together experts from around the world to discuss issues which the social work and social welfare sectors face every day and to ensure a closer link between evidence-based practice, policy objectives and social development goals. Furthermore, this book reveals how these may affect the conditions of people and demonstrate how the social work and social development community can contribute to sustainable development.

1. Introduction / Julie Drolet -- 2. The historical and current context of social protection : the development of the social protection floor initiative / Julie Drolet and Crystal Kwan -- 3. "Recovery for all" and reducing inequality : austerity and poverty elimination / Crystal Kwan and Julie Drolet -- 4. Social protection : a human right to promote social justice and equity / Sekar Srinivasan, Malakkaran Johny Jino and Edakkat Subhakaran Sriji -- 5. Key concepts and definitions of social protection, social development, and related terms / Tiffany Sampson and Julie Drolet -- 6. Adaptive social protection : climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction / Haorui Wu and Julie Drolet -- 7. Social protection and the fight against poverty / Valter Martins -- 8. The Bolsa familia program in the context of social protection in Brazil : a debate on central issues : focus and impact on poverty / Maria Ozanira da Silva e Silva -- 9. Toward livelihood security through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) : an initiative of the government of India / Miriam Samuel and Sekar Srinivasan -- 10. The South African child support grant and dimensions of social justice / Vivienne Bozalek and Tessa Hochfeld -- 11. Social protection in Ghana : old challenges and new initiatives / Ziblim Abukari and Linda Kreitzer -- 12. Child-sensitive social protection initiatives in Nigeria : a role for indigenous social care / Augusta Y. Olaore, Vickie Ogunlade, and Chidimma Aham-Chiabuotu -- 13. Social protection, disaster risk reduction and community resilience : evidence from rural areas in Indonesia / Saut Sagala. [et al.] -- 14. Conclusion / Julie Drolet.

Social Theory, Social Change and Social Work has two inter-related themes. First to account for and analyse current changes in social work and secondly, to assess how far recent developments in social theory can contribute to their interpretation. Representing the work of a range of academics all involved in research and teaching in relation to social work, it considers issues of central significance to everyone interested in the theory, policy, and practice of social work