Human Rights and Social Work: Towards Rights-Based Practice

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
About the author......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Introduction......Page 13
1 Human Rights in a Globalised World......Page 16
SOCIAL WORK......Page 19
A DISCURSIVE APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 21
DEFINING HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 23
INTERGENERATIONAL RIGHTS......Page 28
RIGHTS AND LIBERTY......Page 29
ANIMAL RIGHTS......Page 30
GLOBALISATION......Page 32
RIGHTS-BASED PRACTICE......Page 38
2 Human Rights: Beyond Traditional Formulations......Page 41
THE THREE GENERATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 42
THE DOMINANCE OF FIRST-GENERATION VIEWS OF HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 46
THE POTENTIAL OF THE THREE-GENERATION PERSPECTIVE......Page 49
FIRST-GENERATION PRACTICE: ADVOCACY......Page 51
SECOND-GENERATION PRACTICE: DIRECT PRACTICE, ORGANISATIONAL PRACTICE, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH AND ACTION......Page 54
THIRD-GENERATION PRACTICE: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT......Page 56
BEYOND THE THREE GENERATIONS......Page 59
TOWARDS POSTMODERN UNDERSTANDINGS......Page 62
3 Public and Private Human Rights......Page 64
THE OPPRESSION OF WOMEN AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF FEMINISM......Page 65
CHILDREN, DEPENDENCY AND COMPETING CLAIMS FOR RIGHTS......Page 68
OLDER PEOPLE......Page 73
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES......Page 74
OTHER ISSUES......Page 76
NON-STATE ABUSERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 77
CONCLUSION......Page 78
4 Culture and Human Rights......Page 80
THE WESTERN DOMINATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSE......Page 81
INDIVIDUALISM......Page 82
PATRIARCHY......Page 84
COLONIALISM, RACISM AND PROGRESS......Page 85
RATIONALITY......Page 87
CULTURALISM, DIVERSITY AND CHANGE......Page 91
UNIVERSALISM AND RELATIVISM: BEYOND THE SIMPLE BINARY......Page 93
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP......Page 95
GLOBAL PRACTICE......Page 97
CONCLUSION......Page 100
5 Human Rights and Human Needs......Page 101
THE PROBLEM OF NEEDS......Page 102
NEEDS AND RIGHTS......Page 104
GIVING PRIORITY TO DIFFERENT NEEDS AND RIGHTS......Page 107
HIERARCHIES OF NEEDS AND RIGHTS......Page 108
NEEDS AS CONTEXTUALISED RIGHTS......Page 110
NEEDS AND RIGHTS, MEANS AND ENDS......Page 112
WHO DEFINES NEEDS AND RIGHTS......Page 113
CONCLUSION......Page 114
THE EROSION OF THE STATE......Page 116
THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 120
THE REALISATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 122
CITIZENSHIP OBLIGATIONS......Page 124
RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS......Page 125
EXERCISING ONE’S RIGHTS......Page 127
CONCLUSION......Page 130
7 Ethics and Human Rights......Page 132
RIGHTS AND ETHICS......Page 133
ETHICS AS A CONSERVATIVE INDIVIDUALIST DISCOURSE......Page 134
ETHICS AS MODERNIST......Page 135
ETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 140
PRACTISING ETHICALLY......Page 141
CONCLUSION......Page 146
THE GLOBAL DISCOURSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 147
PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY......Page 149
THE LOCAL DISCOURSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 157
CONCLUSION......Page 161
9 Constructing Human Rights for Social Work Practice......Page 163
FORMAL DOCUMENTS......Page 165
DEFINING RIGHTS......Page 167
INDUCTIVE APPROACHES TO HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICE......Page 168
CONCLUSION......Page 170
PRAXIS......Page 171
MORALITY......Page 172
PASSION......Page 173
IDEOLOGY......Page 175
HISTORY......Page 176
STRUCTURAL DISADVANTAGE......Page 178
HOLISM......Page 179
POSTMODERNISM AND POST-STRUCTURALISM......Page 181
EMPOWERMENT......Page 182
DIALOGICAL PRAXIS......Page 183
PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY......Page 186
ANTI-COLONIALIST PRACTICE......Page 187
FEMINISM......Page 188
NON-VIOLENCE......Page 189
RESEARCH......Page 191
THE PERSONAL AND THE POLITICAL......Page 193
THE PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC......Page 195
MACRO AND MICRO PRACTICE......Page 196
THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL......Page 197
CONCLUSION......Page 199
THE LANGUAGE OF SOCIAL WORK......Page 200
LABELLING A CLIENT......Page 201
INTERVENTION......Page 202
MILITARY METAPHORS......Page 203
SUPERVISION......Page 204
PROFESSION......Page 205
THE PROCESSES OF SOCIAL WORK......Page 206
INTERVIEWS......Page 207
GROUPS......Page 209
COMMUNITY PROCESSES......Page 210
PLANNING......Page 211
MANAGEMENT......Page 213
BOUNDARIES......Page 215
SUPERVISION......Page 217
THE ROLE OF CLIENTS......Page 219
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURES AND PRACTICES......Page 221
PROFESSIONAL STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES......Page 222
BANKING EDUCATION OR CRITICAL PEDAGOGY......Page 224
STUDENT CHOICE......Page 226
COLLABORATIVE LEARNING......Page 227
CLIENTS AND WORKERS......Page 228
ASSESSMENT......Page 229
FIELD EDUCATION......Page 230
CURRICULUM DESIGN......Page 232
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND EVALUATION......Page 233
CONCLUSION......Page 234
12 Conclusion: Prospects for Human Rights Practice......Page 236
PREAMBLE......Page 241
ARTICLE 3......Page 242
ARTICLE 10......Page 243
ARTICLE 15......Page 244
ARTICLE 21......Page 245
ARTICLE 25......Page 246
ARTICLE 29......Page 247
ARTICLE 30......Page 248
Appendix II Other Human Rights Declarations, Treaties and Conventions......Page 249
References......Page 254
Index......Page 266