Social work Books
New York University Press Uninsured in Chicago
Book SynopsisWhy millions of Latinx people don't access the healthcare system, even in times of needMore than a decade after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, around eleven million Latinx citizens around the country remain uninsured. In Uninsured in Chicago, Robert Vargas explores the roots of this crisis, showing us why, despite their eligibility, Latinx people are the racial group least likely to enroll in health insurance. Following the lives of forty uninsured Latinx people in Chicago, Vargas provides an up-close look at America's broken healthcare system, and how it impacts marginalized groups. From excruciatingly long waits and expensive medical bills, to humiliating interactions with health navigators and emergency room staff, he shows us why millions of Latinx people avoid the healthcare system, even in times of need. With a compassionate eye, Vargas highlights the unique struggles Latinx people face as the largest racial group without health insuranTrade ReviewRobert Vargas, once again, distinguishes himself as one of the preeminent urban ethnographers, showing how racialized systems of inequality shape the so-called choice of Latinos to become insured. He turns the lens away from conventional explanations of Medicaid participation, that too often blame the uninsured population, and exposes those who create the violent conditions of healthcare exclusion. -- Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, author of Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal CourtA moving and revealing book, Uninsured in Chicago offers a critical analysis of the complex social forces that have kept Latinas and Latinos uninsured, neglected or underserved within the U.S. health care system. This inspirational ethnographic study will be a priceless source of information to public intellectuals examining the inadequacies of the U.S. health care system and anyone interested in looking to truly transform it from its complex foundations. Uninsured in Chicago will contribute to the collective healing of the bodies in pain of Latinas, Latinos, and anyone who does not have access to health care. -- Gloria González-López, author of Family Secrets: Stories of Incest and Sexual Violence in MexicoVargas takes us to the everyday worlds that Latino millennials inhabit and navigate as they seek medical care. In rich ethnographic detail, he shows us why and how young Latinos make health insurance decisions, revealing a complex web of bureaucracies of neglect, criminalized health care economies, family obligations, and informal networks. But his contributions go beyond enriching our theoretical understandings of health insurance decisions; he outlines policies that will bring hope to those who struggle for the human right to health care. -- Cecilia Menjivar, co-author of Immigrant FamiliesRobert Vargas’s rich ethnographic study probes deeply into the forces that conspire to disadvantage Latinos within the U.S. healthcare system and shape difficult choices. Poignant, insightful, and persuasively argued, Uninsured in Chicago shines a bright light on one of the most vexing problems of our generation. Timely and policy relevant. This is of the most important books you will read this year. -- Roberto G. Gonzales, author of Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America
£62.90
New York University Press Uninsured in Chicago
Book SynopsisWhy millions of Latinx people don't access the healthcare system, even in times of needMore than a decade after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, around eleven million Latinx citizens around the country remain uninsured. In Uninsured in Chicago, Robert Vargas explores the roots of this crisis, showing us why, despite their eligibility, Latinx people are the racial group least likely to enroll in health insurance. Following the lives of forty uninsured Latinx people in Chicago, Vargas provides an up-close look at America's broken healthcare system, and how it impacts marginalized groups. From excruciatingly long waits and expensive medical bills, to humiliating interactions with health navigators and emergency room staff, he shows us why millions of Latinx people avoid the healthcare system, even in times of need. With a compassionate eye, Vargas highlights the unique struggles Latinx people face as the largest racial group without health insuranTrade ReviewRobert Vargas, once again, distinguishes himself as one of the preeminent urban ethnographers, showing how racialized systems of inequality shape the so-called choice of Latinos to become insured. He turns the lens away from conventional explanations of Medicaid participation, that too often blame the uninsured population, and exposes those who create the violent conditions of healthcare exclusion. -- Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, author of Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal CourtA moving and revealing book, Uninsured in Chicago offers a critical analysis of the complex social forces that have kept Latinas and Latinos uninsured, neglected or underserved within the U.S. health care system. This inspirational ethnographic study will be a priceless source of information to public intellectuals examining the inadequacies of the U.S. health care system and anyone interested in looking to truly transform it from its complex foundations. Uninsured in Chicago will contribute to the collective healing of the bodies in pain of Latinas, Latinos, and anyone who does not have access to health care. -- Gloria González-López, author of Family Secrets: Stories of Incest and Sexual Violence in MexicoVargas takes us to the everyday worlds that Latino millennials inhabit and navigate as they seek medical care. In rich ethnographic detail, he shows us why and how young Latinos make health insurance decisions, revealing a complex web of bureaucracies of neglect, criminalized health care economies, family obligations, and informal networks. But his contributions go beyond enriching our theoretical understandings of health insurance decisions; he outlines policies that will bring hope to those who struggle for the human right to health care. -- Cecilia Menjivar, co-author of Immigrant FamiliesRobert Vargas’s rich ethnographic study probes deeply into the forces that conspire to disadvantage Latinos within the U.S. healthcare system and shape difficult choices. Poignant, insightful, and persuasively argued, Uninsured in Chicago shines a bright light on one of the most vexing problems of our generation. Timely and policy relevant. This is of the most important books you will read this year. -- Roberto G. Gonzales, author of Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America
£19.94
University of Toronto Press Out of Place
Book SynopsisIn Out of Place, Luann Good Gingrich explores social inclusion and exclusion in relation to the approximately 60,000 Low German-speaking Mennonites who have migrated from isolated agricultural colonies in Latin America to rural areas of CanadaTrade Review'An informative and innovative account of the concept of social exclusion, the policies of Canada's social welfare system, and the logic of the market, as each relates to Mennonite migrants to southern Ontario from self-contained colonies in Mexico.' -- Dawn S. Bowen The Mennonite Quarterly Review April 2017Table of ContentsPreface Chapter One Social Exclusion In A World On The Move Chapter Two Mennonite Migrations And A Common Sense Point-Of-View Chapter Three Market Logic And The Order Of Social Space Chapter Four Everyday Practices Of Social Exclusion Chapter Five Producing The Economic Habitus Chapter Six The Practical Sense Of Self-Imposed Social Exclusion Chapter Seven Social Inclusion: Ideas And Practices Of Reconciliation References Notes
£53.55
University of Toronto Press Youth School and Community
Book SynopsisThis book reveals how processes of racialized, gendered, and classed exclusion are organized across institutional contexts making it difficult to see and disrupt the relations through which privilege is protected for some and denied others.Table of ContentsForeword by Dorothy E. Smith Introduction: The Institutional and Policy Contexts That Shape Young People’s Lives Outline of the Book 1. Experience, Ontology, and Sociologies of Resistance Social Research and Ideology Beyond Alienation: Ideology and Processes of Domination Beginning with Experience Conclusion: A Feminist Method of Inquiry 2. Participatory Institutional Ethnographies of the State Project 1: Schools, Safety, and the Urban Neighbourhood Project 2: Sampling Youth Development Research Participants Methods Analysis Youth Summer Research Internships 3. The Neoliberal State and the Creation of Race, Class, and Gender Racism without Intent The Police “Don’t Care About Us” Differential Policing Practices Housing, Policing, and the State Conclusion: Technologies of Evidence and the Construction of a Post-Racial, Post-Gendered, Post-Class World 4. Evidential Practices in Education and the Negation of Race Comparing Educational Contexts: Toronto and Montreal Educational Exclusions and the Evidential Turn in Education Teachers: “Most of Them Mean Very Well” Conclusion: The Affirmation of Race, Class, and Gender Categories in Post-race, Post-class, and Post-gender Times 5. Risk, Safety, Inclusion, and the Inter-Institutional Organization of Educational Interventions Like Moves on a Chessboard “Special” Education – Assessment, Identification, and Segregation “Welcome Schools,” Language Laws, and Inter-Cultural Policies Youth “At Risk” Negotiating, Coordinating, and Enabling Access to Education Conclusion 6. State Surveillance and School Discipline Safe Schools Policy Background: Ontario and Quebec “Then I Got Suspended:” Young People’s Experiences of School Discipline in Montreal and Toronto School Discipline, Surveillance, and Educational (Under) Achievement Institutionally Organized Intersections: Special Education and School Safety Intersectional Practices of Surveillance: Education, Child Protection, Policing, and Probation Conclusion My Next Moves References Index
£47.60
University of Toronto Press Teaching Social Work
Book SynopsisExploring major themes in social work education, including pedagogy, practice, and issues in teaching, this book is for both new and experienced social work educators.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Issues in Teaching Social Work Rick Csiernik and Susan Hillock Part One: Pedagogical Perspectives 2. Undoing Traditional Education Rick Csiernik 3. Femagogy: Centring Feminist Knowledge and Methods in Social Work Teaching Susan Hillock 4. Tackling Whiteness in the Classroom and Challenging/Shattering the Skills-Based Curriculum through Anti-oppression Teaching in Social Work June Ying Yee and Anne E. Wagner 5. Classrooms as Circles: The Pedagogy of Sharing Indigenous Worldviews Cyndy Baskin and Cassandra Cornacchia 6. The Crying White Woman and the Politics of Emotion in Anti-oppressive Social Work Education Daphne Jeyapal and Liz Grigg 7. The Practice of Critically Reflective Analysis Carolyn Campbell and Gail Baikie 8. Teaching and Learning Critical Reflection of Practice: Why Was It So Engaging? Laura Béres Part Two: Practice 9. Preparing for Social Work Practice: Effective Educational Approaches to Bridge Class and Field Marion Bogo 10. Preparing Social Workers for Practice with Diverse Populations Claude Olivier and Akin Taiwo 11. Teaching Mindfulness Diana Coholic 12. Teaching Change: Navigating the Tensions in Social Change Pedagogy Kathy Hogarth 13. Horses and Baseball: Social Work’s Cultivation of the Third Eye Janet Yorke, Scott Grant, and Rick Csiernik 14. Bridging the Micro-Macro Divide: Making Policy Relevant to Social Work Students Bharati Sethi and Tracy Smith Carrier 15. Navigating Real-World Research Steps: Behind the Scenes Rachel Birnbaum 16. Charting a New Course for Community-University Partnership for Teaching Child Welfare Social Work Nancy Freymond, Gissele Damiani-Taraba, Sherri-Lynn Manto, Sarah Robertson, Leigh Savage, Marilee Sherry, and Andrew Koster Part Three: Issues in Teaching 17. Understanding and Responding to the Complexities of Student Anxiety Stephanie L. Baird 18. Teaching from the Margins: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Susan Hillock 19. Incivility or Bullying? Challenges in the Social Work Classroom Jan Yorke and Tanya Shute Contributors
£36.00
University of Toronto Press Missed and Dismissed Voices
Book SynopsisThere is a complex relationship between illness and identity. Missed and Dismissed Voices aims to expose the impact of hidden health problems on the daily lives of a growing number of adults who live with chronic conditions and repeatedly face the challenge of trying to maintain their personal sense of healthiness across the life course. The book focuses on the meaning and management of both medically diagnosed chronic diseases and medically unexplained physical conditions or syndromes. In each case, people must decide whether to make their private suffering public. The book includes analysis derived from research literature, combined with illness narrative accounts of people in qualitative interviews and blog posts, to create fictional exemplary case studies for each of the chronic conditions examined. The common issues raised in these stories provide important insights into the process by which people manage to adapt to their changing health status and life circumstaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Part One: Illness and Identity An Exploration 1. Understanding Our Sense of Healthiness The Mystery of Good Health: Some Initial Observations The Meaning of Good Health Alternative Interpretations of Self-Rated Health Health and Everyday Life Wounded Storytellers: Personal Accounts of Health and Illness The Healthy Self: Life Stories We Tell Others Collective Case Studies: Finding Common Voices in Illness Narratives 2. Maintaining a Healthy Self-Identity Learning to Live with Chronic Illness Daily Pain: An Invisible but Constant Companion The Decision to Disclose: Making Private Suffering Public Striking a Balance between “Carrying on” and “Giving in” Preserving One’s Personal Sense of Healthiness Part Two: Living with Medically Diagnosed Chronic Diseases An Unrelenting Assault on the Body and Self 3. Chronic Disease as a Disruptive Life Event Biographical Disruption: A Core Concept in the Study of Chronic Illness Different Levels of Assault: Interruption, Intrusion, and Immersion Visible and Invisible Aspects of Chronic Illness The Burden of Invisibility Challenges Facing These Wounded Storytellers: Being Heard 4. Life Stories about the Invisible Impact of Chronic Disease: Some Missed Voices Introduction: The Chronic Diseases Selected Case Study One – Diabetes A Brief Description of the Disease The Impact of Diabetes on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Jim’s Illness Narrative Account Case Study Two – Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) A Brief Description of the Disease The Impact of IBD on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Helen’s Illness Narrative Account Shared Storylines: A Summary Part Three: Living with Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms Discounted Stories of Sickness and Suffering 5. Contested Chronic Illnesses: Uncertainty and the Quest for Credibility Understanding Sickness: The Presence of Disease and the Experience of Illness Hidden Health Problems that Are Not Only Invisible but Also Do Not Meet the Medical Definition of Disease Negotiating Contested Terrain: Dealing with Medically Unexplained Symptoms Adopting the Sick Role: Contending with a Crisis of Credibility and Gaining Legitimacy Challenges Facing These Wounded Storytellers: Being Heard and Believed 6. Life Stories about Uncertain and Invisible Chronic Illness: Some Dismissed Voices Introduction: The Chronic Conditions Selected Case Study Three - Fibromyalgia A Brief Description of the Illness The Impact of Fibromyalgia on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Janet’s Illness Narrative Account Case Study Four – Chronic Fatigue Syndrome A Brief Description of the Illness The Impact of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Gail’s Illness Narrative Account Shared Storylines: A Summary Part Four: The Lifelong Pursuit of Healthiness Meeting the Challenges 7. Making Sense of Sickness: Explanation and Adaptation Self-Management of Hidden Chronic Health Problems Ongoing Chronic Illness-Related Work, Everyday Life Work, and Biographical Work Repairing a “Spoiled” Social Identity and Reconstructing a Healthy Self Supportive Social Networks and the Health of Older Adults Managing Chronic Illness in Later Life 8. Health across the Life Course A Life Course Perspective on Chronic Illness Advancing Age and Declining Health: Double Jeopardy Maintaining a Personal Sense of Healthiness as We Age: A Will to Health Living Well with Hidden Chronic Health Problems: The Quality of Later Life Healthy Aging: Some Concluding Thoughts Notes References Index
£52.70
University of Toronto Press Outward and Upward Mobilities
Book SynopsisInternational students move out to move up. And while, as migrants, they are defined by their relationship to the state, students interact with multiple institutions in the process of achieving personal goals. This collection examines the connection between students and these institutions.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Education Migration, Social Mobility, and Structuring Institutions Ann H. Kim and Min-Jung Kwak Part I: International Students in the Canadian Context 2. “International students are… golden”: Canada’s Changing Policy Contexts, Approaches, and National Peculiarities in Attracting International Students as Future Immigrants Roopa Desai Trilokekar and Amira El Masri 3. Explaining International Student Mobility to Canada: A Review Ann H. Kim and Gunjan Sondhi 4. Barriers to Knowledge on International Students and a Potential Opportunity Ann H. Kim, Reem Attieh, and Timothy Owen Part II: Integration and Adjustment in Educational Institutions 5. The International Undergraduate Experience: A Developmental Psychological Study Maxine Gallander Wintre, Stella Dentakos, Saeid Chavoshi, Abirami R. Kandasamy, and Lorna Wright 6. Legal Status and School Experiences for Families with Young Students Ann H. Kim, Min-Jung Kwak, Wansoo Park, Eunjung Lee, and Sung Hyun Yun Part III: Local Considerations: Ethnic Communities and Families 7. Adapting to China’s Students at the Gateway: Stories of Chinese Community Associations and Their New Student Members Jean Michel Montsion 8. ‘Settlers’ Meeting the ‘Settled’: International Students Encountering the South Asian ‘Diaspora’ in Ontario, Canada Gunjan Sondhi 9. Global Restructuring, Gender, and Education Migration: Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada Guida C. Man and Elena Chou 10. ‘A Typical Girogi Family Experience?’ The Transnational Migration and Heterogeneous Identity Formation of Girogi Families in Toronto, Canada Min-Jung Kwak, Wansoo Park, Eunjung Lee, Sangyoo Lee, and Jeong-Eui Lee Part IV: The Post-Student Experience 11. Student Transitions: Earnings of Former International Students in Canada’s Labour Market Yuqian Lu and Feng Hou 12. Bumpy Roads: Tracing Pathways into Practice for International Students in Nursing Margaret Walton-Roberts and Jenna Hennebry Afterword: A Multi-Level Perspective on Education Migration Min-Jung Kwak and Ann H. Kim
£41.65
University of Toronto Press Supporting Children and Their Families Facing
Book SynopsisSupporting Children and Their Families Facing Health Inequities in Canada fills an urgent national need to analyze disparities among vulnerable populations, where socio-economic and cultural factors compromise health and create barriers. Offering solutions and strategies to the prevalent health inequities faced by children, youth, and families in Canada, this book investigates timely issues of social, economic, and cultural significance. Chapters cover a diverse range of socio-economic and cultural factors that contribute to health inequality among the country’s most vulnerable youth populations, including mental health challenges, low income, and refugee status. This book shares scientific evidence from thousands of interviews, questionnaires, surveys, and client consultations, while also providing professional insights that offer key information for at-risk families experiencing health inequities. Timely and transformative, this book will serve as an informeTable of ContentsTitle page Dedication Epigraph Contents Figures Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction - From Isolation to Inclusion: Diminishing Inequities Miriam Stewart, PhD Section I: Children’s Experiences Section Introduction: Children’s Experiences Jocelyn Edey, MSc 2. Indigenous Children Coping with Environmental Health Risks Miriam Stewart, PhD & Sharon Anderson, PhD 3. Health Inequities Facing Children Vulnerable to Mental Health Challenge Clara Westwell-Roper, MD, PhD & Evelyn Stewart, MD 4. Mental Health Risks Among Immigrant and Refugee Children in Canada Bukola Solami, PhD, Dominic Alaazi, PhD candidate & Carla Hilario, PhD Section II : Adolescents’ Experiences Section Introduction: Adolescents’ Experiences Jocelyn Edey, MSc 5. Low-Income Adolescents Living with Respiratory Challenges Miriam Stewart, PhD 6. Fostering Support for Indigenous Adolescents Facing Health Inequities Malcolm King, PhD & Alexandra King, MD 7. Supporting Refugee Adolescents Miriam Stewart, PhD & Jocelyn Edey, MSc Section III: Parents’ Experiences Section Introduction: Parents’ Experiences Jocelyn Edey, MSc 8. Low-Income Parents and Caregivers of Children Affected by Health Challenges Miriam Stewart, PhD 9. Indigenous Parents and Caregivers Caring for Children with Chronic Health Conditions Miriam Stewart, PhD & Lisa Bourque Bearskin, PhD 10. Innovative Programs for Parents Coping with Health Inequities: Informed by Research Insights Nicole Letourneau, PhD & Miriam Stewart, PhD 11. Conclusion - Future Directions for Programs and Policies Miriam Stewart, PhD References Contributors
£49.30
University of Toronto Press Reframed
Book SynopsisFor Stuart Shanker, the possibility of a truly just and free society begins with how that society sees and nurtures its children.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 The Science of Self-Reg 2 Reframing Human Nature 3 Reframing Development 4 The Age of Reason(s) 5 Blue Brain versus Red Brain 6 Reframing IQ 7 The Joy and Pain of Maths 8 No Child Left Behind 9 Becoming Free: The Teen Years 10 Reframing Virtue 11 Creating a Just Society Conclusion Notes Index
£24.29
University of Toronto Press Selling Social
Book SynopsisDrawing on Canadian case studies, Selling Social offers insight into the successes and challenges regarding social procurement and social purchasing from the perspective of social enterprises.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Selling Social Andrea Chan, Shelley Lepp, Annie Luk, Jack Quarter, and Jennifer Sumner Part I: Overview of Non-profit Social Enterprises, Social Procurement and Social Purchasing 1. Literature Review Andrea Chan, Shelley Lepp, Annie Luk, Jack Quarter, and Jennifer Sumner 2. Procurement and Purchasing Policies for Social Value by Governments in Canada Rachel Laforest and Annie Luk 3. A Pan-Canadian Survey of Social Enterprises Andrea Chan, Annie Luk, Shelley Lepp, Laurie Mook, Marty Donkervoort, Rachel Laforest, Gordon M. Djong, Arielle Vetro, and Jack Quarter Part II: Securing Large Contracts Through Relationship Building 4. BUILD Inc. Marty Donkervoort and Art Ladd 5. SARCAN Recycling: A Division of SARC Andrea Chan 6. Ever Green Recycling Yasmin Hariri 7. EMBERS Staffing Solutions Marty Donkervoort and Marcia Nozick Part III: The Importance of Parent Organizations 8. Social Crust Café & Catering Yasmin Hariri 9. ImagineAbility Inc. Marty Donkervoort and Audra Penner 10. Wachiay Studio Yasmin Hariri 11. Diversity Food Services Marty Dondervoort and Kirsten Godbout 12. Rainbow’s End Community Development Corporation Annie Luk and David Williams Part IV: The Dilemma of Selling Social Value 13. Let’s Work Atlantic and Market Wizards Annie Luk 14. Ethnicity Catering Anika Roberts-Stahlbrand 15. Horizon Achievement Centre Annie Luk and Carol Pendergast 16. Calgary Progressive Lifestyles Foundation Jennifer Sumner 17. Stone Hearth Bakery Anika Roberts-Stahlbrand Part V: Balancing Multiple Bottom Lines 18. The Groupe PART (Programmes d’Apprentissage au Retour au Travail) Rachel Laforest 19. Harbourview Training Centre Anika Roberts-Stahlbrand 20. Challenge Disability Resource Group Annie Luk and Jillian Hardie 21. Services and Housing In the Province (SHIP) Andrea Chan and Shirley Hannigan 22. LOFT Kitchen Jennifer Sumner Conclusion: Selling Social: Future Directions Laurie Mook About the Authors
£45.05
University of Toronto Press Teaching about Sex and Sexualities in Higher
Book SynopsisInformed by a social justice lens, and featuring Canadian content and context, this edited multi-disciplinary book looks at current trends in the teaching of sexuality in higher education, including sexual well-being, positivity, diversity, mutual consent. focuses on the teaching of sexuality in higher education.Table of ContentsPreface – Susan Hillock Introduction- Let’s Teach About Sex Susan Hillock Section 1- Current Debates and Hot Topics Susan Hillock 1. Don’t Ask/ Don’t Tell: Sexuality(ies), Instructor Disclosure, and Trigger Warnings in the Classroom Susan Hillock 2. Restoring Indigenous Sexuality Carrie Bourassa, Betty McKenna, Miranda Keewatin, Sadie Anderson, Marlin Legare, Mikayla Hagel, Danette Starblanket, Jen Billan, & Cari McIlduff 3. Teaching Sexual Consent Terry Humphreys 4. What About The Boys: University students Learning About Sexual Consent-talk From Youth in Northern Ontario” Jennifer L. Johnson 5. The Down Low on Getting Down: Reframing Problem-focused Narratives by Focusing on Sex-positivity and Desire-based Education Amie Kroes 6. Transgender Experiences in Healthcare – Addressing Challenges While Teaching Compassion in Higher Education Colleen McMillan, Mike Lee-Poy, & Carys Massarella Section 2- At the Margins: Diverse Voices And Perspectives Susan Hillock 7. What’s the big deal? A Roundtable Reflecting on Queer and Feminist Porn Studies Laine Zisman Newman, Sarah Lima, Stuart MacLeod, Oreoluwa Adara, & Imogen Tam 8. Past Practices: How to Think About Sex Historically Elise Chenier 9. Queering Masculinity in Early Childhood and Higher Education Classrooms: Gendered Regulation and the 'Double-Bind' of Queer Masculinities Adam W. J. Davies 10. Working With Muslim LGBTQ Service Users: Assessing and Locating Supportive Care and Teaching Practices Maryam Khan 11. Sexuality and Aging Lorna Guse and Hai Luo 12. Uncertain Subjects: (Un)Teaching Pain(ful) Sexualities, Power, and Pedagogy Renee Dumaresque Section 3- Practical Applications and Recommendations Susan Hillock 13. Sex & Gender in the Classroom: Lessons From (and For) the Front Lines Heather Peters 14. The Pitch: Teaching Sexuality at Multiple Levels Nick J. Mulé 15. Sexual Health Education for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disability Shaniff Esmail, Meg Tronson, & Sheena Churla 16. Teachable Moments: The Intersections of Disabilities and Sexualities Michelle Owen & Baden Gaeke Franz 17. Supporting Service Users’ Sexuality: Teaching Best Practices to Social Work Students Gary Christopher Sterling- Murphy & Rick Csiernik 18. Conclusion: Can We Just Stop Faking It: Real Talk About Sex and Sexualities In The Classroom Susan Hillock Contributor Bios Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C
£49.50
University of Toronto Press Dying and Death in Canada Fourth Edition
Book SynopsisDying and Death in Canada provides a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of dying, death, and bereavement from a Canadian perspective. The fourth edition covers current issues and recent developments in the field, such as the implementation of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) and the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. New topics include death doulas, death tourism, psychogenic death, bonds between the living and the dead, mass death events, and cultural diversity, sensitivity, and competence. This edition combines current research and language used to destigmatize conversations surrounding suicide, while new case studies offer personal accounts from doctors, nurses, and family members of the deceased.Exploring the significance of end-of-life experiences, Dying and Death in Canada shows that how we live influences how we die, and the society and culture in which we live has a profound effect on how we behave when confronted with dying and death.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface PART I: The Demography and Epidemiology of Dying and Death 1. The History of Dying and Death in Canada 2. Dying and Death in Canada Today PART II: The Social and Cultural Response to Dying and Death 3. Dying and Death in the Context of Canadian Social Institutions 4. Dying and Death in Canadian Culture PART III: The Individual Response to Dying and Death 5. Individual Perspectives on Dying and Death 6. Survivor Perspectives on Dying and Death 7. Caregiver Perspectives: Caring for the Caregivers Conclusion Glossary Appendix: Selected Visual Media Sources Dealing with Dying, Death, and End-of-Life Care References Index
£31.50
University of Toronto Press Out of Place
Book SynopsisIn Out of Place, Luann Good Gingrich explores social inclusion and exclusion in relation to the approximately 60,000 Low German-speaking Mennonites who have migrated from isolated agricultural colonies in Latin America to rural areas of CanadaTrade Review'An informative and innovative account of the concept of social exclusion, the policies of Canada's social welfare system, and the logic of the market, as each relates to Mennonite migrants to southern Ontario from self-contained colonies in Mexico.' -- Dawn S. Bowen The Mennonite Quarterly Review April 2017Table of ContentsPreface Chapter One Social Exclusion In A World On The Move Chapter Two Mennonite Migrations And A Common Sense Point-Of-View Chapter Three Market Logic And The Order Of Social Space Chapter Four Everyday Practices Of Social Exclusion Chapter Five Producing The Economic Habitus Chapter Six The Practical Sense Of Self-Imposed Social Exclusion Chapter Seven Social Inclusion: Ideas And Practices Of Reconciliation References Notes
£26.09
University of Toronto Press Youth School and Community Participatory
Book SynopsisThis book reveals how processes of racialized, gendered, and classed exclusion are organized across institutional contexts making it difficult to see and disrupt the relations through which privilege is protected for some and denied others.Table of ContentsForeword by Dorothy E. Smith Introduction: The Institutional and Policy Contexts That Shape Young People’s Lives Outline of the Book 1. Experience, Ontology, and Sociologies of Resistance Social Research and Ideology Beyond Alienation: Ideology and Processes of Domination Beginning with Experience Conclusion: A Feminist Method of Inquiry 2. Participatory Institutional Ethnographies of the State Project 1: Schools, Safety, and the Urban Neighbourhood Project 2: Sampling Youth Development Research Participants Methods Analysis Youth Summer Research Internships 3. The Neoliberal State and the Creation of Race, Class, and Gender Racism without Intent The Police “Don’t Care About Us” Differential Policing Practices Housing, Policing, and the State Conclusion: Technologies of Evidence and the Construction of a Post-Racial, Post-Gendered, Post-Class World 4. Evidential Practices in Education and the Negation of Race Comparing Educational Contexts: Toronto and Montreal Educational Exclusions and the Evidential Turn in Education Teachers: “Most of Them Mean Very Well” Conclusion: The Affirmation of Race, Class, and Gender Categories in Post-race, Post-class, and Post-gender Times 5. Risk, Safety, Inclusion, and the Inter-Institutional Organization of Educational Interventions Like Moves on a Chessboard “Special” Education – Assessment, Identification, and Segregation “Welcome Schools,” Language Laws, and Inter-Cultural Policies Youth “At Risk” Negotiating, Coordinating, and Enabling Access to Education Conclusion 6. State Surveillance and School Discipline Safe Schools Policy Background: Ontario and Quebec “Then I Got Suspended:” Young People’s Experiences of School Discipline in Montreal and Toronto School Discipline, Surveillance, and Educational (Under) Achievement Institutionally Organized Intersections: Special Education and School Safety Intersectional Practices of Surveillance: Education, Child Protection, Policing, and Probation Conclusion My Next Moves References Index
£24.29
University of Toronto Press Missed and Dismissed Voices
Book SynopsisDrawing on narrative accounts of illness, Missed and Dismissed Voices sheds light on the meaning and management of chronic health problems that are not visible to others.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Part One: Illness and Identity An Exploration 1. Understanding Our Sense of Healthiness The Mystery of Good Health: Some Initial Observations The Meaning of Good Health Alternative Interpretations of Self-Rated Health Health and Everyday Life Wounded Storytellers: Personal Accounts of Health and Illness The Healthy Self: Life Stories We Tell Others Collective Case Studies: Finding Common Voices in Illness Narratives 2. Maintaining a Healthy Self-Identity Learning to Live with Chronic Illness Daily Pain: An Invisible but Constant Companion The Decision to Disclose: Making Private Suffering Public Striking a Balance between “Carrying on” and “Giving in” Preserving One’s Personal Sense of Healthiness Part Two: Living with Medically Diagnosed Chronic Diseases An Unrelenting Assault on the Body and Self 3. Chronic Disease as a Disruptive Life Event Biographical Disruption: A Core Concept in the Study of Chronic Illness Different Levels of Assault: Interruption, Intrusion, and Immersion Visible and Invisible Aspects of Chronic Illness The Burden of Invisibility Challenges Facing These Wounded Storytellers: Being Heard 4. Life Stories about the Invisible Impact of Chronic Disease: Some Missed Voices Introduction: The Chronic Diseases Selected Case Study One – Diabetes A Brief Description of the Disease The Impact of Diabetes on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Jim’s Illness Narrative Account Case Study Two – Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) A Brief Description of the Disease The Impact of IBD on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Helen’s Illness Narrative Account Shared Storylines: A Summary Part Three: Living with Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms Discounted Stories of Sickness and Suffering 5. Contested Chronic Illnesses: Uncertainty and the Quest for Credibility Understanding Sickness: The Presence of Disease and the Experience of Illness Hidden Health Problems that Are Not Only Invisible but Also Do Not Meet the Medical Definition of Disease Negotiating Contested Terrain: Dealing with Medically Unexplained Symptoms Adopting the Sick Role: Contending with a Crisis of Credibility and Gaining Legitimacy Challenges Facing These Wounded Storytellers: Being Heard and Believed 6. Life Stories about Uncertain and Invisible Chronic Illness: Some Dismissed Voices Introduction: The Chronic Conditions Selected Case Study Three - Fibromyalgia A Brief Description of the Illness The Impact of Fibromyalgia on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Janet’s Illness Narrative Account Case Study Four – Chronic Fatigue Syndrome A Brief Description of the Illness The Impact of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Gail’s Illness Narrative Account Shared Storylines: A Summary Part Four: The Lifelong Pursuit of Healthiness Meeting the Challenges 7. Making Sense of Sickness: Explanation and Adaptation Self-Management of Hidden Chronic Health Problems Ongoing Chronic Illness-Related Work, Everyday Life Work, and Biographical Work Repairing a “Spoiled” Social Identity and Reconstructing a Healthy Self Supportive Social Networks and the Health of Older Adults Managing Chronic Illness in Later Life 8. Health across the Life Course A Life Course Perspective on Chronic Illness Advancing Age and Declining Health: Double Jeopardy Maintaining a Personal Sense of Healthiness as We Age: A Will to Health Living Well with Hidden Chronic Health Problems: The Quality of Later Life Healthy Aging: Some Concluding Thoughts Notes References Index
£21.59
University of Toronto Press Supporting Children and Their Families Facing
Book SynopsisBridging information gaps on health inequities faced by vulnerable children, adolescents, and families in Canada, this book informs readers of the key tools to promote productive, fulfilling lives of people managing prevalent health challenges.Table of ContentsTitle page Dedication Epigraph Contents Figures Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction - From Isolation to Inclusion: Diminishing Inequities Miriam Stewart, PhD Section I: Children’s Experiences Section Introduction: Children’s Experiences Jocelyn Edey, MSc 2. Indigenous Children Coping with Environmental Health Risks Miriam Stewart, PhD & Sharon Anderson, PhD 3. Health Inequities Facing Children Vulnerable to Mental Health Challenge Clara Westwell-Roper, MD, PhD & Evelyn Stewart, MD 4. Mental Health Risks Among Immigrant and Refugee Children in Canada Bukola Solami, PhD, Dominic Alaazi, PhD candidate & Carla Hilario, PhD Section II : Adolescents’ Experiences Section Introduction: Adolescents’ Experiences Jocelyn Edey, MSc 5. Low-Income Adolescents Living with Respiratory Challenges Miriam Stewart, PhD 6. Fostering Support for Indigenous Adolescents Facing Health Inequities Malcolm King, PhD & Alexandra King, MD 7. Supporting Refugee Adolescents Miriam Stewart, PhD & Jocelyn Edey, MSc Section III: Parents’ Experiences Section Introduction: Parents’ Experiences Jocelyn Edey, MSc 8. Low-Income Parents and Caregivers of Children Affected by Health Challenges Miriam Stewart, PhD 9. Indigenous Parents and Caregivers Caring for Children with Chronic Health Conditions Miriam Stewart, PhD & Lisa Bourque Bearskin, PhD 10. Innovative Programs for Parents Coping with Health Inequities: Informed by Research Insights Nicole Letourneau, PhD & Miriam Stewart, PhD 11. Conclusion - Future Directions for Programs and Policies Miriam Stewart, PhD References Contributors
£22.49
University of Toronto Press Selling Social
Book SynopsisSince the 2010s, all levels of governments in Canada have gradually initiated social procurement as a policy tool to further their social values and political agendas. Social enterprises of various shapes and sizes across the country have served as partners in the execution of those agendas. Selling Social examines the experiences of these enterprises in social procurement and social purchasing. Selling Social presents the findings of a three-year Canadian research project detailing experiences of work integration social enterprises (WISEs) selling their goods and services to organizational purchasers, including governments, businesses, and non-profit organizations. Drawing on survey findings and interviews, the book explores a diverse group of social enterprises from across Canada, showcasing their successes and their challenges based on real-life examples to aid social enterprises that are considering this path. The book emphasizes the importance of includinTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Selling Social Andrea Chan, Shelley Lepp, Annie Luk, Jack Quarter, and Jennifer Sumner Part I: Overview of Non-profit Social Enterprises, Social Procurement and Social Purchasing 1. Literature Review Andrea Chan, Shelley Lepp, Annie Luk, Jack Quarter, and Jennifer Sumner 2. Procurement and Purchasing Policies for Social Value by Governments in Canada Rachel Laforest and Annie Luk 3. A Pan-Canadian Survey of Social Enterprises Andrea Chan, Annie Luk, Shelley Lepp, Laurie Mook, Marty Donkervoort, Rachel Laforest, Gordon M. Djong, Arielle Vetro, and Jack Quarter Part II: Securing Large Contracts Through Relationship Building 4. BUILD Inc. Marty Donkervoort and Art Ladd 5. SARCAN Recycling: A Division of SARC Andrea Chan 6. Ever Green Recycling Yasmin Hariri 7. EMBERS Staffing Solutions Marty Donkervoort and Marcia Nozick Part III: The Importance of Parent Organizations 8. Social Crust Café & Catering Yasmin Hariri 9. ImagineAbility Inc. Marty Donkervoort and Audra Penner 10. Wachiay Studio Yasmin Hariri 11. Diversity Food Services Marty Dondervoort and Kirsten Godbout 12. Rainbow’s End Community Development Corporation Annie Luk and David Williams Part IV: The Dilemma of Selling Social Value 13. Let’s Work Atlantic and Market Wizards Annie Luk 14. Ethnicity Catering Anika Roberts-Stahlbrand 15. Horizon Achievement Centre Annie Luk and Carol Pendergast 16. Calgary Progressive Lifestyles Foundation Jennifer Sumner 17. Stone Hearth Bakery Anika Roberts-Stahlbrand Part V: Balancing Multiple Bottom Lines 18. The Groupe PART (Programmes d’Apprentissage au Retour au Travail) Rachel Laforest 19. Harbourview Training Centre Anika Roberts-Stahlbrand 20. Challenge Disability Resource Group Annie Luk and Jillian Hardie 21. Services and Housing In the Province (SHIP) Andrea Chan and Shirley Hannigan 22. LOFT Kitchen Jennifer Sumner Conclusion: Selling Social: Future Directions Laurie Mook About the Authors
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University of Toronto Press Teaching about Sex and Sexualities in Higher
Book SynopsisInformed by a social justice lens, and featuring Canadian content and context, this edited multi-disciplinary book looks at current trends in the teaching of sexuality in higher education, including sexual well-being, positivity, diversity, mutual consent. focuses on the teaching of sexuality in higher education.Table of ContentsPreface – Susan Hillock Introduction- Let’s Teach About Sex Susan Hillock Section 1- Current Debates and Hot Topics Susan Hillock 1. Don’t Ask/ Don’t Tell: Sexuality(ies), Instructor Disclosure, and Trigger Warnings in the Classroom Susan Hillock 2. Restoring Indigenous Sexuality Carrie Bourassa, Betty McKenna, Miranda Keewatin, Sadie Anderson, Marlin Legare, Mikayla Hagel, Danette Starblanket, Jen Billan, & Cari McIlduff 3. Teaching Sexual Consent Terry Humphreys 4. What About The Boys: University students Learning About Sexual Consent-talk From Youth in Northern Ontario” Jennifer L. Johnson 5. The Down Low on Getting Down: Reframing Problem-focused Narratives by Focusing on Sex-positivity and Desire-based Education Amie Kroes 6. Transgender Experiences in Healthcare – Addressing Challenges While Teaching Compassion in Higher Education Colleen McMillan, Mike Lee-Poy, & Carys Massarella Section 2- At the Margins: Diverse Voices And Perspectives Susan Hillock 7. What’s the big deal? A Roundtable Reflecting on Queer and Feminist Porn Studies Laine Zisman Newman, Sarah Lima, Stuart MacLeod, Oreoluwa Adara, & Imogen Tam 8. Past Practices: How to Think About Sex Historically Elise Chenier 9. Queering Masculinity in Early Childhood and Higher Education Classrooms: Gendered Regulation and the 'Double-Bind' of Queer Masculinities Adam W. J. Davies 10. Working With Muslim LGBTQ Service Users: Assessing and Locating Supportive Care and Teaching Practices Maryam Khan 11. Sexuality and Aging Lorna Guse and Hai Luo 12. Uncertain Subjects: (Un)Teaching Pain(ful) Sexualities, Power, and Pedagogy Renee Dumaresque Section 3- Practical Applications and Recommendations Susan Hillock 13. Sex & Gender in the Classroom: Lessons From (and For) the Front Lines Heather Peters 14. The Pitch: Teaching Sexuality at Multiple Levels Nick J. Mulé 15. Sexual Health Education for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disability Shaniff Esmail, Meg Tronson, & Sheena Churla 16. Teachable Moments: The Intersections of Disabilities and Sexualities Michelle Owen & Baden Gaeke Franz 17. Supporting Service Users’ Sexuality: Teaching Best Practices to Social Work Students Gary Christopher Sterling- Murphy & Rick Csiernik 18. Conclusion: Can We Just Stop Faking It: Real Talk About Sex and Sexualities In The Classroom Susan Hillock Contributor Bios Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C
£23.39
University of Toronto Press Displacement City
Book SynopsisWhat can we learn from the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating effects on the homeless population in Toronto? Displacement City shares the stories of frontline workers, advocates, and people living without homes during this unprecedented crisis.Trade Review"Anyone who visited downtown Toronto during the pandemic knows the devastating and powerful impact it had on the city’s homeless. Outreach worker Greg Cook and street nurse Cathy Crowe have a deep knowledge of the people behind the statistics and the headlines, and here create a better understanding of how policies affect people. In this powerful book, they have collected poetry, photography, essays that tell the stories of front-line workers, advocates, people who are unhoused. These include experiences living in the shelter system, displacement, the legacy of residential schools and the experience of the Indigenous population. A unique and powerful account." -- Deborah Dundas * Toronto Star *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword Introduction Cathy Crowe and Greg Cook Part I: We Are [Not] in This Together 1. “Displaced Again and Again and Again” Nikki Sutherland 2. The Housing Crisis and the Indian Residential School Legacy Blue Sky, Leaders from the Houseless Community, Sandra Campbell, and Leigh Kern 3. Inconvenient Bodies and Toronto’s History of Displacement Lorraine Lam and Greg Cook 4. Displaced There, Displaced Here Jenn McIntyre and Steve Meagher 5. Dystopian Realities Michael Eschbach Part II: Fighting Back 6. Responsibility Downloaded: How Drop-in Centres Stepped Up and Pushed Back during the Pandemic Diana McNally 7. Surviving COVID-19 in the Shelter System Brian Cleary 8. Social Murder: We Need More than Band Aids Roxie Danielson 9. Slipped through the Fingertips of the System? Greg Cook and Dredzz 10. The Toronto Encampment Support Network Fights Back Simone Schmidt with Photos by Jeff Bierk 11. Wish You Were Here Zoe Dodd 12. Fighting Ableism Jennifer Jewell Poem: Our Wilderness Zachary Grant 13. Palliative Care in a Pandemic Trevor McNally and Naheed Dosani Profile: Building Tiny Homeless Shelters Canadian Human Rights Commission Poem: Lord We Pray Zachary Grant Graphic by Michael D. Part III: COVID-19 in the Courts 14. In the Parks and in the Courts: The Legal Fight against Encampment Evictions A.J. Withers and Derrick Black 15. COVID-Life Sarah White 16. Two Metres Doug Johnson Hatlem, Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, and Geetha Philipupillai 17. Homelessness, Housing, and Human Rights Accountability Leilani Farha Poem: There Is a Development Proposed for This Site Zachary Grant Afterword Author Bios
£17.99
University of Toronto Press Welfare and Wisdom
Book SynopsisAt a time when terms like "The Great Society" and "War against Poverty" are commonly used to indicate growing public awareness of welfare as a concern of national and international policy, and when the advantages of welfare are being questioned and debated in many areas of the community, this fundamental examination of the meaning and nature of welfare is a significant contribution. It represents the ideas of four world-famous scholars, each of them from a different cultural tradition and a different academic discipline; these scholars were carefully chosen by the School of Social Work, University of Toronto, to present a series of lectures marking the fiftieth anniversary of the School, and the result is a well-integrated, provocative, and authoritative statement on this social institution which accounts for the consumption of more than one-tenth of the national income of all modern industrialized societies. The theme of all their remarks is the wisdom of welfare: each contributor
£19.79
University of Toronto Press New Horizons for Canadas ChildrenHorizons
Book SynopsisThe first Canadian Conference on Children, held in the province of Quebec in October, 1960, was the culmination of several years of planning and of three years' specific study of projects which dealt with existing programmes for children in Canada. Delegates came from provincial and national organizations and the Conference was supported by a large number of organizations connected with child health, welfare, and education. The programme of the Conference was divided into three sections: plenary sessions, group discussions of the projects, and group discussion of children under three headings: "the early years," "the middle years," and "the transition years." The whole programme covered children from birth to about the age of seventeen. The Proceedings includes the speeches presented at the plenary sessions (by Sir Geoffrey Vickers, Chairman of the Research Committee of the British Mental Health Research Fund; Dr. K.D. Naegele of the University of British Columbia; and Dr. Otto Klinebe
£18.89
University of Toronto Press In the Childrens Aid
Book SynopsisThe present system of child welfare in Canada dates from 1893, the year in which the Ontario Legislature passed 'An Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to, and better Protection of, Children.' The Act provided for the establishment of Children's Aid Societies with extensive legal powers to intervene in cases of child neglect and cruelty, and gave officials sanction to the foster care system.These radical departures from earlier policy resulted from the actions of John Joseph Kelso, the man who was named as the first Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children – a position created by the same Act.At 29, Kelso was already one of Ontario's leading proponents of child welfare reform. He had earlier stimulated the formation of the Toronto Humane Society and subsequently guides its early growth. In 1888 he had formed the Children's Fresh Air Fund and the Santa Claus Fund, out of which, in 1891, he founded the Toronto Children's Aid Society. From 1893 to hi
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Cognella, Inc Macro Social Work Practice: Working for Change in
Book SynopsisMacro Social Work Practice: Working for Change in a Multicultural Society explores the dynamics and practice implications of increasingly diverse communities, organizations, and social service networks and helps students develop the skills to work successfully in these contexts. The book gives students the foundational skills and knowledge required for effective practice in social service and human organizations, healthcare settings, communities, social networks, and social movements. It emphasizes the relationship between structural and institutional inequalities and the experiences of individuals, families, communities, and organizations.Through case examples the book illustrates how principles of social justice, empowerment, and cultural awareness can be applied in different cultural contexts. Through various exercises, students will apply critical thinking to resolve practical and ethical dilemmas and make the type of difficult decisions that practitioners confront every day. The book also addresses how recent political events, cultural developments, and social changes have altered both the context and the content of macro social work practice in the United States.Macro Social Work Practice is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate courses in social work, family and community development, public health, nursing, and human services.Trade ReviewI like the statement in the book that most practice takes place in community and organizational settings. This is probably one of the most succinct ways to synthesize the strong relationship between the different practice arenas in social work." —David Okech, Associate Professor and Director of the Master's in Social Work Program, University of Georgia"This book is an excellent resource for understanding macro practice in a multicultural society." —Bryan Warde, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Lehman College-CUNY"A well written book that describes communities and organizations as systemic-action-arenas for macro social work practice in an increasingly changing diverse demographic landscape." —Madhavappallil Thomas, Professor of Social Work, California State University, Bakersfield"Michael Reisch brings his vast expertise, political acumen, and his burning desire to motivate to the creation of a macro-practice text that will inspire students and change the way that they think about social work practice." —Mark Cameron, Professor of Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University"The author has successfully identified the most important key elements in need of address in macro social work today. Students, educators, and practitioners will benefit from the knowledge and wisdom expressed in this book." —Paul Force-Emery Mackie, Professor of Social Work, Minnesota State University, Mankato"Michael Reisch provides readers at the BSW and early MSW level with a comprehensive textbook on the key elements of macro social work practice. Readers will learn about becoming a leader within a variety of organization types and missions while considering a variety of theories and techniques to make change within communities and organizations." —Michel A. Coconis, Professor of Social Work, Wright State University"I read Social Policy and Social Justice last semester, and I'm currently reading Macro Social Work Practice. Beyond being very informative, especially in modern times, Reisch's textbooks are very enjoyable to read. I'm grateful for his service to the discipline, and I hope he continues writing awesome textbooks." —Patrick Clark, MSNU Master's of Social Work Student, Graduate Assistant, Maverick Success Program
£90.40
Cognella, Inc Social Work Policy Practice: Changing Our
Book SynopsisThe second edition of Social Work Policy Practice: Changing Our Community, Nation, and the World demystifies policymaking for social work students and demonstrates why policy practice is a critical dimension of social work. The text provides a comprehensive introduction to political advocacy, the political process, and how laws are enacted to inspire social work students to enter the field with a mind for political advocacy and social justice.The book is divided into three parts. In Part I, students learn a brief history of social welfare legislation in the United States and the role of social workers in policy development. Part II provides concrete information on how policies become law. It includes an overview of the levels and branches of government, in-depth descriptions of the policy change process, and various strategies advocates employ to enact change. Part III consists of real-world stories of advocates and advocacy organizations that have attempted to change policies on behalf of vulnerable populations.This edition includes up-to-date information regarding policy issues in child welfare, aging, healthcare, mental health, poverty and income equality, rights for racial minorities, and immigration. New material addresses policy issues pertaining to gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and the #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter social movements.Engaging and accessible, Social Work Policy Practice is an ideal resource for courses that introduce policymaking to students of social work.Trade ReviewExcellent social welfare policy text for undergraduate social work majors: up-to-date, readable, and includes valuable information on social welfare history, values, diversity, advocacy, and fields of practice." —John C. Rife, MSW, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Greensboro"Social Work Policy Practice by Jessica Ritter is a timely, relevant, and applied social welfare policy practice textbook which will help train future social workers in the important work of social change." —LeaAnne DeRigne, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work, Florida Atlantic University"Dr. Ritter has a way of making social work policy come alive. Her quality of writing and ease of reading makes students feel an increased confidence and understanding while gaining valuable insight to multiple aspects of policy practice." —Scott W. Gaffney, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Southeastern University"Ritter provides an engaging, thorough, and passionate look at social welfare policy, with an emphasis on advocacy efforts. This is truly a text devoted to policy as it relates to social and economic justice." —John Quinton Hodges, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work, University of North Alabama"A contemporary analysis of important issues and policies impacting social workers that can easily be adopted for many other fields including human development, psychology, sociology, criminal justice, and education." —Mary H. Garcia, Instructor of Human Development, Washington State University
£74.25
Cognella, Inc Social Work Practice with Older Adults: An
Book SynopsisSocial Work Practice with Older Adults: An Evidence-Based Approach helps future social workers identify effective evidence-based treatment options for aging populations. It helps readers cultivate the skills needed to successfully engage, assess, intervene, evaluate, and provide advocacy at micro, mezzo, and macro levels to older adults and their families. Emphasizing intersectionality theory, the text encourages readers to consider the context and intersecting diversity factors of the older adult client and involve them in treatment decision plans, empowering older adults to select culturally preferred and highly meaningful care. Students also learn the power of interdisciplinary collaboration and interagency coordination. Each chapter features case studies and a guide for framing community resources and other helping services for clients. Additionally, the book highlights issues and opportunities social workers are likely to encounter, including aging in prison settings, homelessness and sexual health, end-of-life issues, macro practice advocacy skills, and more. Social Work Practice with Older Adults challenges students to synthesize contextual, intersectional, and biopsychosocial/spiritual assessments to create effective treatment plans and apply appropriate interventions to aging populations. It is ideal for students studying social work and related disciplines.
£93.60
Cognella, Inc Sexuality Concepts for Social Workers
Book SynopsisSexuality Concepts for Social Workers is a research-informed, reader-friendly guide that helps practitioners address sexuality-related issues with a variety of clients.Topics covered include the role of values in sexuality, sexual health and reproduction, relationships, sexual orientation, gender and gender identity, sexuality and the lifespan, sex work and sex workers, sexuality in the ill or disabled, and being a sexually healthy adult. Chapters feature discussion questions, implications and applications for real-world practice, case examples, and opinion pieces from each of the authors to enhance learning, reflection, and critical thinking.The second edition features updated QR codes to direct students to additional resources, a new chapter called "Sexuality, Spirituality, and Social Work," updated discussion questions, fresh author opinion pieces, and new topics, including racial preferences when dating, conversion therapy, and sexuality policies in retirement and assisted living facilities.Sexuality Concepts for Social Workers helps practitioners build their sexuality literacy to better assist patients. It is ideal for advanced undergraduate and foundational graduate courses on human behavior, sexuality diversity, and human sexuality for social workers.
£112.80
Cognella, Inc Social Work Ethics in a Changing Society
Book SynopsisSocial Work Ethics in a Changing Society analyzes the challenges social workers face in applying social work values and ethics due to recent significant social, political, cultural, and technological changes. It provides readers with guidelines for ethical practice based on a philosophic foundation rooted in social justice principles. The book begins with a summary of key ethical concepts and principles. It then provides a brief history of social work ethics and analyzes their core assumptions in the context of new realities. The book provides readers with several frameworks through which to analyze a variety of contemporary ethical issues. In subsequent chapters, it applies these frameworks to situations largely derived from real world experience.Global sources provide a comparative perspective on the interpretation and implementation of social work values and ethics. The book contains extensive case examples and reflection exercises that illustrate ethical dilemmas in all areas of practice and those created or complicated by increasing social and cultural diversity. It includes content on the application of ethics to policy practice through examples drawn from the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the nation's response to the coronavirus pandemic, and other current policy issues. Designed to help current and future social workers navigate a fractious, ever-evolving society, Social Work Ethics in a Changing Society is an excellent resource for students, faculty, and practitioners within the discipline.
£58.40
University of Minnesota Press Reading for Reform: The Social Work of Literature
Book SynopsisAn unprecedented examination of class-bridging reform and U.S. literary history at the turn of the twentieth century Reading for Reform rewrites the literary history of late nineteenth and early twentieth century America by putting social reform institutions at the center of literary and cultural analysis. Examining the vibrant, often fractious literary cultures that developed as part of the Progressive mandate to uplift the socially disadvantaged, it shows that in these years reformers saw literature as a way to combat the myriad social problems that plagued modern U.S. society. As they developed distinctly literary methods for Americanizing immigrants, uplifting and refining wage-earning women, and educating black students, their institutions gave rise to a new social purpose for literature.Class-bridging reform institutions—the urban settlement house, working girls’ club, and African American college—are rarely addressed in literary history. Yet, Laura R. Fisher argues, they engendered important experiments in the form and social utility of American literature, from minor texts of Yiddish drama and little-known periodical and reform writers to the fiction of Edith Wharton and Nella Larsen. Fisher delves into reform’s vast and largely unexplored institutional archives to show how dynamic sites of modern literary culture developed at the margins of social power. Fisher reveals how reformist approaches to race, class, religion, and gender formation shaped American literature between the 1880s and the 1920s. In doing so, she tells a new story about the fate of literary practice, and the idea of literature’s practical value, during the very years that modernist authors were proclaiming art’s autonomy from concepts of social utility. Trade Review"At once richly archival and theoretically nuanced, Reading for Reform investigates a neglected period of U.S. literary history by exploring how settlement houses, working girls’ clubs, and African American colleges influenced the era’s fiction. It is necessary reading for any student of Progressive Era literature and print culture."—Mary Chapman, author of Making Noise, Making News: Suffrage Print Culture and U.S. Modernism"Reading for Reform is an extraordinary exploration not only of the possibility but also the limits of empathy. Arguing that Progressive Era reform institutions took reading literature to be instrumental, not merely persuasive, Laura R. Fisher suggests that negative reactions to this task-oriented idea about reading paved the way for new modes of storytelling in subsequent decades."—Brad Evans, Rutgers University"Elegantly written, Reading for Reform breaks important new ground in United States literary studies, contributing to vital contemporary conversations about labor, class, working-class women’s literary cultures, and U.S. literary aesthetics. Laura R. Fisher carefully examines the role of Progressive Era institutions in authorizing certain forms of literary expression and offers richly detailed case studies of how particular reform institutions generate versions of the ‘literary’ and uphold distinctions in the literary field. It is a revisionist work of fine-grained literary history of a very high quality."—Lori Merish, author of Archives of Labor: Working-Class Women and Literary Culture in the AntebellumTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: The Politics of Proximity1. Sites of Contact: The Settlement House2. The Problem with Comparison: The Working Girls’ Club3. Correlation and Conformity: From the African American College to the Harlem Renaissance4. Forms of Mediation: Undercover LiteratureCoda: Twenty-First Century AfterlivesAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£80.00
University of Minnesota Press Reading for Reform: The Social Work of Literature
Book SynopsisAn unprecedented examination of class-bridging reform and U.S. literary history at the turn of the twentieth century Reading for Reform rewrites the literary history of late nineteenth and early twentieth century America by putting social reform institutions at the center of literary and cultural analysis. Examining the vibrant, often fractious literary cultures that developed as part of the Progressive mandate to uplift the socially disadvantaged, it shows that in these years reformers saw literature as a way to combat the myriad social problems that plagued modern U.S. society. As they developed distinctly literary methods for Americanizing immigrants, uplifting and refining wage-earning women, and educating black students, their institutions gave rise to a new social purpose for literature.Class-bridging reform institutions—the urban settlement house, working girls’ club, and African American college—are rarely addressed in literary history. Yet, Laura R. Fisher argues, they engendered important experiments in the form and social utility of American literature, from minor texts of Yiddish drama and little-known periodical and reform writers to the fiction of Edith Wharton and Nella Larsen. Fisher delves into reform’s vast and largely unexplored institutional archives to show how dynamic sites of modern literary culture developed at the margins of social power. Fisher reveals how reformist approaches to race, class, religion, and gender formation shaped American literature between the 1880s and the 1920s. In doing so, she tells a new story about the fate of literary practice, and the idea of literature’s practical value, during the very years that modernist authors were proclaiming art’s autonomy from concepts of social utility. Trade Review"At once richly archival and theoretically nuanced, Reading for Reform investigates a neglected period of U.S. literary history by exploring how settlement houses, working girls’ clubs, and African American colleges influenced the era’s fiction. It is necessary reading for any student of Progressive Era literature and print culture."—Mary Chapman, author of Making Noise, Making News: Suffrage Print Culture and U.S. Modernism"Reading for Reform is an extraordinary exploration not only of the possibility but also the limits of empathy. Arguing that Progressive Era reform institutions took reading literature to be instrumental, not merely persuasive, Laura R. Fisher suggests that negative reactions to this task-oriented idea about reading paved the way for new modes of storytelling in subsequent decades."—Brad Evans, Rutgers University"Elegantly written, Reading for Reform breaks important new ground in United States literary studies, contributing to vital contemporary conversations about labor, class, working-class women’s literary cultures, and U.S. literary aesthetics. Laura R. Fisher carefully examines the role of Progressive Era institutions in authorizing certain forms of literary expression and offers richly detailed case studies of how particular reform institutions generate versions of the ‘literary’ and uphold distinctions in the literary field. It is a revisionist work of fine-grained literary history of a very high quality."—Lori Merish, author of Archives of Labor: Working-Class Women and Literary Culture in the AntebellumTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: The Politics of Proximity1. Sites of Contact: The Settlement House2. The Problem with Comparison: The Working Girls’ Club3. Correlation and Conformity: From the African American College to the Harlem Renaissance4. Forms of Mediation: Undercover LiteratureCoda: Twenty-First Century AfterlivesAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£21.59
University of Minnesota Press The Radical Bookstore: Counterspace for Social
Book SynopsisExamines how radical bookstores and similar spaces serve as launching pads for social movements How does social change happen? It requires an identified problem, an impassioned and committed group, a catalyst, and a plan. In this deeply researched consideration of seventy-seven stores and establishments, Kimberley Kinder argues that activists also need autonomous space for organizing, and that these spaces are made, not found. She explores the remarkably enduring presence of radical bookstores in America and how they provide infrastructure for organizing—gathering places, retail offerings that draw new people into what she calls “counterspaces.”Kinder focuses on brick-and-mortar venues where owners approach their businesses primarily as social movement tools. These may be bookstores, infoshops, libraries, knowledge cafes, community centers, publishing collectives, thrift stores, or art installations. They are run by activist-entrepreneurs who create centers for organizing and selling books to pay the rent. These spaces allow radical and contentious ideas to be explored and percolate through to actual social movements, and serve as crucibles for activists to challenge capitalism, imperialism, white privilege, patriarchy, and homophobia. They also exist within a central paradox: participating in the marketplace creates tensions, contradictions, and shortfalls. Activist retail does not end capitalism; collective ownership does not enable a retreat from civic requirements like zoning; and donations, no matter how generous, do not offset the enormous power of corporations and governments. In this timely and relevant book, Kinder presents a necessary, novel, and apt analysis of the role these retail spaces play in radical organizing, one that demonstrates how such durable hubs manage to persist, often for decades, between the spikes of public protest. Trade Review "Radical bookstores have finally received the full-length study they deserve. Focusing on contentious politics and constructive placemaking, Kimberley Kinder shows that these shops do much more than sell political literature. If you want to understand how movements use bricks, mortar, and books to build their own worlds and spread their ideas—even in the twenty-first century—you should read this book."—Joshua Clark Davis, University of Baltimore "The Radical Bookstore is a sorely needed corrective to the conventional story of retail bookselling. The focus on print-based movement spaces yields an absorbing narrative in which social justice-oriented bookstores emerge as critical sites for negotiating belonging, enacting care, and fostering equity. Kimberley Kinder shows us that another print culture, divested of the overwhelming demands of consumer capitalism, is indeed possible."—Ted Striphas, University of Colorado, Boulder "The work is well-written and enjoyable to read. The biggest strength in the book lies in how it contextualizes the radical bookstore counterspaces within a larger social context."—Social Forces "The scope of Kinder’s analysis is impressive, yet the author also leaves room for further engagement on a number of questions addressed throughout the text, in a way that is fruitful and generative. The book makes a number of interesting theoretical contributions, unthreading the ways in which the different radical spaces are built, run, and sustained through organising and solidarity networks."—Urban Studies Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Building the Infrastructure of Dissent1. Constructing Places for Contentious Politics2. Creating Accessible and Autonomous Activist Enterprises3. Reinventing Activist Bookstores in a Corporate Digital Age4. Claiming Spaces and Resources in Gentrifying Cities5. Designing Landscapes that Shout, Entice, and Heal6. Governing Safe Spaces that Restructure Public Speech7. Nurturing Camaraderie in Filtered Third Places8. Supporting Public Protests from the WingsConclusion: Evaluating Constructivism in an Ephemeral WorldNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Minnesota Press A Voice but No Power: Organizing for Social
Book SynopsisExamining the work of social justice groups in Minneapolis following the 2008 recession Since the Great Recession, even as protest and rebellion have occurred with growing frequency, many social justice organizers continue to displace as much as empower popular struggles for egalitarian and emancipatory change. In A Voice but No Power, David Forrest explains why this is the case and explores how these organizers might better reach their potential as advocates for the abolition of exploitation, discrimination, and other unjust conditions.Through an in-depth study of post-2008 Minneapolis—a center of progressive activism—Forrest argues that social justice organizers so often fall short of their potential largely because of challenges they face in building what he calls “contentious identities,” the public identities they use to represent their constituents and counteract stigmatizing images such as the “welfare queen” or “the underclass.” In the process of assembling, publicizing, and legitimating contentious identities, he shows, these organizers encounter a series of political hazards, each of which pushes them to make choices that weaken movements for equality and freedom. Forrest demonstrates that organizers can achieve better outcomes, however, by steadily working to remake their hazardous political terrain.The book’s conclusion reflects on the 2020 uprising that followed the police killing of George Floyd, assessing what it means for the future of social justice activism. Ultimately, Forrest’s detailed analysis contributes to leading theories about organizing and social movements and charts possibilities for further emboldening grassroots struggles for a fairer society.Trade Review "In a much-needed update to Piven and Cloward's classic Poor People's Movements, David Forrest has given us a stirring and challenging analysis of the slippery politics social justice organizations must pursue in order to achieve real change. Grounded in three rich case studies on education, housing, and welfare rights that played out in the cauldron of Minneapolis's racial politics in the years before the police killing of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests, A Voice but No Power is a major contribution to the scholarly literature and an inspiration to all who seek social justice."—Sanford Schram, Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center "In the face of the weakening hold of the neoliberal capitalist order, as competing egalitarian and deeply regressive forces vie for power, this is exactly the kind of book we need. David Forrest’s theoretically informed, deeply researched activist scholarship on three post-Great Recession urban social movements in Minneapolis provides a solid foundation for his chief, crucially important lesson for progressive social movements: we only make advances by fighting uncompromisingly for the world we want and need."—John Arena, author of Driven from New Orleans: How Nonprofits Betray Public Housing and Promote Privatization "Forrest’s fresh take on social justice organizing is a must-read volume for academics of social movements and organizers alike."—CHOICE "A Voice but No Power is an important contribution to movement theory and institutional analysis of social justice organizations. Forrest offers poignant insights on how market supremacy permeates movements and why organizational identities, and the ways activists leverage them, are essential for building a more equitable and free society."—Mobilization
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University of Minnesota Press A Voice but No Power: Organizing for Social
Book SynopsisExamining the work of social justice groups in Minneapolis following the 2008 recession Since the Great Recession, even as protest and rebellion have occurred with growing frequency, many social justice organizers continue to displace as much as empower popular struggles for egalitarian and emancipatory change. In A Voice but No Power, David Forrest explains why this is the case and explores how these organizers might better reach their potential as advocates for the abolition of exploitation, discrimination, and other unjust conditions.Through an in-depth study of post-2008 Minneapolis—a center of progressive activism—Forrest argues that social justice organizers so often fall short of their potential largely because of challenges they face in building what he calls “contentious identities,” the public identities they use to represent their constituents and counteract stigmatizing images such as the “welfare queen” or “the underclass.” In the process of assembling, publicizing, and legitimating contentious identities, he shows, these organizers encounter a series of political hazards, each of which pushes them to make choices that weaken movements for equality and freedom. Forrest demonstrates that organizers can achieve better outcomes, however, by steadily working to remake their hazardous political terrain.The book’s conclusion reflects on the 2020 uprising that followed the police killing of George Floyd, assessing what it means for the future of social justice activism. Ultimately, Forrest’s detailed analysis contributes to leading theories about organizing and social movements and charts possibilities for further emboldening grassroots struggles for a fairer society.Trade Review "In a much-needed update to Piven and Cloward's classic Poor People's Movements, David Forrest has given us a stirring and challenging analysis of the slippery politics social justice organizations must pursue in order to achieve real change. Grounded in three rich case studies on education, housing, and welfare rights that played out in the cauldron of Minneapolis's racial politics in the years before the police killing of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests, A Voice but No Power is a major contribution to the scholarly literature and an inspiration to all who seek social justice."—Sanford Schram, Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center "In the face of the weakening hold of the neoliberal capitalist order, as competing egalitarian and deeply regressive forces vie for power, this is exactly the kind of book we need. David Forrest’s theoretically informed, deeply researched activist scholarship on three post-Great Recession urban social movements in Minneapolis provides a solid foundation for his chief, crucially important lesson for progressive social movements: we only make advances by fighting uncompromisingly for the world we want and need."—John Arena, author of Driven from New Orleans: How Nonprofits Betray Public Housing and Promote Privatization "Forrest’s fresh take on social justice organizing is a must-read volume for academics of social movements and organizers alike."—CHOICE "A Voice but No Power is an important contribution to movement theory and institutional analysis of social justice organizations. Forrest offers poignant insights on how market supremacy permeates movements and why organizational identities, and the ways activists leverage them, are essential for building a more equitable and free society."—Mobilization
£21.59
Bristol University Press Thinking Through Family: Narratives of Care
Book SynopsisUnderstanding what ‘family’ means – and how best to support families – depends on challenging politicized assumptions that frame ‘ordinary’ families in comparison to an imagined problematic ‘other’. Learning from the perspectives of people who were in care in childhood, this innovative book helps redefine the concept of family. Linking two longitudinal studies involving young adults in England, it reveals important new insights into the diverse and dynamic complexity of family lives, identities and practices in time – through childhood and beyond. Paving the way for future policy and practice, this book makes an important contribution to the theorization of family in the 21st century.Table of Contents1, Why Think Through ‘Family’? 2. Learning From Care Experienced Perspectives 3. Doing Family: The Significance of the ‘Ordinary' 4. Re/Configuring Boundaries: Who Counts as ‘Family’? 5. ‘How Can we Not Talk About Family When Family’s All That We’ve Got?’: Care and Connectedness 6. Understandings and Experiences of Parenthood 7. Thinking Through Family: Implications for Theory and Practice
£71.99
Canadian Scholars Emerging Perspectives on Anti-Oppressive Practice
Book SynopsisThis book consists of 27 chapters developed from papers originally delivered at a recent conference at the University of Toronto on anti-oppressive practice in social work. Dr. Shera has gathered expert contributors to discuss, define, and analyse theories of social work practice, pedagogical issues, fieldwork practice, models of education of social work practitioners, and current critical issues. These selected conference papers lay the groundwork for anti-oppressive practice in a way that will generate discussion and inspire researchers and practitioners.Table of Contents Introduction: Anti-Oppressive Practice: Emerging Perspectives and Future Challenges - Wes Shera Section 1: Theoretical Perspectives Chapter 1: Theorizing Social Exclusion: Determinants, Mechanisms, Dimensions, Forms, and Acts of Resistance - Luann Good Gingrich Chapter 2: Margins as Centres: A Theory of Social Inclusion in Anti-Oppressive Social Work - Rick Sin and Miu Chun Yan Chapter 3: Race, Class, and Gender in the Everyday Talk of Social Workers: The Ways We Limit the Possibilities for Radical Practice - Donna Baines Chapter 4: Structural Social Work as Seen from an Aboriginal Perspective - Cyndy Baskin Chapter 5: Cultural Diversity in Social Work Practice: Where Are We Now and What Are the Challenges in Addressing Issues of Justice and Oppression? - Connie H. Nelson and Dennis H. McPherson Section 2: Fields Of Practice Chapter 6: Child Welfare: AOP's Nemesis? - Gary C. Dumbrill Chapter 7: Services for Street Youth: Do They Reproduce, Contribute to, and Perpetuate Oppression? - Charis Romilly Chapter 8: ""Meaningful"" Participation and Governance: Lessons from Visible Minority Parents Using Child Care - Evelyn Ferguson Chapter 9: Inclusion by Design: The Challenge for Social Work in Workplace Accommodation for People with Disabilities - Donald R. Leslie, Kaye Leslie, and Michelle Murphy Chapter 10: Communities That Foster Diverse Modes of Existence Versus Societies Based on Control: A PHenomenological Approach to Improve the Deinstitutionalization Process - Alain Beaulieu Chapter 11: Anti-Oppressive Practice with Older Adults: A Feminist Post-structural Perspective - Deborah O'Connor Section 3: Critical Issues Chapter 12: Social Work Identity and Purpose: Real or Imagined? - Ken Barber Chapter 13: Narrative Therapy: Reifying or Challenging Dominant Discourse - Catrina Brown Chapter 14: Reconceptualizing Empathy for Anti-Oppressive, Culturally Competent Practice - Janet L. Clark Chapter 15: Seeking Cultural Competence: What Is It, How Do You Develop It, and How Do You Know When You've Got It? - Charmaine C. Williams Chapter 16: Listening to the Voices of Service Participants in Child Protective Services, Children's Mental Health, and Psychotherapy - Marshall Fine, Sally Palmer, and Nick Coady Chapter 17: A Community Approach to Combating Racism - Roopchand Seebaran Chapter 18: Community Practice in the Internet Age - Steven F. Hick Chapter 19: The Right to Food: An Essential Element in a Successful War against Terrorism - William H. Simpson Whitaker Section 4: Social Work Education Chapter 20: Controversies, Tensions, and Contradictions: Anti-Oppression and Social Justice in the Social Work Curriculum - Judy Hughes, Shirley Chau, Pamela James, and Steven Sherman Chapter 21: Beyond the Role Play: Alternative Teaching Methods in an Anti-Oppression Classroom - Samantha Wehbi Chapter 22: Understanding Multiple Oppressions and How They Impact the Person Requesting Assistance - Gilles Tremblay Chapter 23: Principles and Practices of Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy as Represented by Dr. Terry Swice - Carolyn Campbell Chapter 24: Are We Ready to Take a Stand? Education about Heterosexism - Fostering Anti-Oppressive Practice - Mike Woodford and Leslie Bella Chapter 25: Critical Issues in Field Instruction: Empowerment Principles and Issues of Power and Control - Jeanne Bertrand Finch, Jean Bacon, Donna Klassen, and Betty-Jean Wrase Chapter 26: Promoting Anti-Oppressive Social Work Education: The University of Calgary's Access Learning Circle Model - Michael Kim Zapf, William Pelech, Betty Bastien, Ralph Bodoy, Jeannine Carriere, and Gail Zuk Chapter 27: Managing Institutional Practices to Promote and Strengthen Diversity: One School's Journey - Nancy MacDonald, Wanda Thomas-Bernard, Carolyn Campbell, Jeanne Fay, Judy MacDonald, and Brenda Richard
£45.90
University of Calgary Press Social Work in Africa: Exploring Culturally Relevant Education and Practice in Ghana
Book SynopsisSocial Work in Africa offers professors, students, and practitioners insight concerning social work in the African context. Its purpose is to encourage examination of the social work curriculum and to demonstrate practical ways to make it more culturally relevant.Drawing on her experience as a social work instructor in Ghana with field research conducted for her doctoral thesis, author Linda Kreitzer addresses the history of social work in African countries, the hegemony of western knowledge in the field, and the need for culturally and regionally informed teaching resources and programs. Guided by a strong sense of her limitations and responsibilities as a privileged outsider and a belief that ""only Ghanaians can critically look at and decide on a culturally relevant curriculum for themselves"", Kreitzer utilizes Participatory Action Research methodology to successfully move the topic of culturally relevant practices from rhetoric to demonstration.Social Work in Africa is aimed at programs and practise in Ghana; at the same time, it is intended as a framework for the creation of culturally relevant social work curricula in other African countries and other contexts.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Environment: Modern and Early Holocene; Hunter-Gatherer Land Use, Lithic Technology, and Late Paleoindian Occupation of the Project Area; Projectile Point Analysis Procedure; Late Paleoindian Projectile Point Typology in the Western United States; Late Paleoindian Projectile Points: Typological Variability; Late Paleoindian Projectile Points: Raw Material Variability; Late Paleoindian Projectile Points: Qualitative Technological Variability; Late Paleoindian Projectile Points: Quantitative Technological Variability; Late Paleoindian Projectile Points: Condition and Reworking; Discussion and Conclusions.
£30.56
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow: Canadian Health Professionals' Experience of Compassion Fatigue
Book SynopsisFirst used to describe the weariness the public felt toward media portrayals of societal crises, the term compassion fatigue has been taken up by health professionals to name - along with burnout, vicarious traumatization, compassion stress, and secondary traumatic stress - the condition of caregivers who become ""too tired to care."" Compassion, long seen as the foundation of ethical caring, is increasingly understood as a threat to the well-being of those who offer it.Through the lens of hermeneutic phenomenology, the authors present an insider's perspective on compassion fatigue, its effects on the body, on the experience of time and space, and on personal and professional relationships. Accounts of health professionals, alongside examinations of poetry, images, movies, and literature, are used to explore the notions of compassion, hope, and hopelessness as they inform the meaning of caring work. The authors frame their exposé of compassion fatigue with the very Canadian metaphor of ""lying down in the snow."" If suffering is imagined as ever-falling snow, then the need for training and resources for safe journeying in ""winter country"" becomes apparent. Recognizing the phenomenon of compassion fatigue reveals the role that health services education and the moral habitability of our healthcare environments play in supporting professionals' ability to act compassionately and to endure.Trade ReviewThis book should be required reading in the education of all health and human service professionals. Although technical and therapeutic expertise is a core foundation of competent, ethical, and safe practice, education often neglects compassion fatigue as a central aspect of human relationship. Also neglected is the meaning of human suffering-much to the consistent detriment of service providers and those for whom they care, particularly in the context of increased market-driven healthcare. This book can create the foundation for much-needed open conversations about these pressing issues. -- Elizabeth McGibbon, Ph.D., RN, editor of Oppression: A Social Determinant of Health (2012)Table of ContentsTable of Contents for Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow: Canadian Health Professionals' Experience of Compassion Fatigue, by Wendy Austin, E. Sharon Brintnell, Erika Goble, Leon Kagan, Linda Kreitzer, Denise J. Larsen, and Brendan LeierThe Question of Compassion Fatigue: An IntroductionWhat Is Compassion?Differing Understandings of Compassion FatigueA New Way of Understanding Compassion FatigueThe Cold Heart: The Bodily Experience of Compassion FatigueThe Endless Winter: The Temporal Experience of Compassion FatigueLost and Alone in a Prairie Blizzard: The Experience of Space in Compassion FatigueAn Icy Wall (Within and Between): Relations and Compassion FatigueBundling Up: Finding Hope in Cold ClimesSurvival in Winter CountryEpilogueBibliographyIndex
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press With Children and Youth: Emerging Theories and
Book Synopsis With Children and Youth provides a snapshot of emerging theories and perspectives in the field of child and youth care across North America. Well-known scholars and researchers present new and innovative critical perspectives, written in a provocative manner and reflecting outside-the-box thinking. The book examines from scholarly and practical viewpoints the purpose of child and youth care practice, relational practice, post-modern approaches to thinking about theory and practice, and new and innovative thinking about the professionalization and accreditation of the discipline itself. Some chapters merge thinking about child and youth care with esoteric and literary prose; others use humour and satire as a way to represent both foundational and entirely new directions in the field. With Children and Youth provides no set conclusions or findings about the field; instead, it guides the reader to spaces of controversy, contention, and opportunities for innovation and change. Child and youth care practice and theory, it is argued, is based fundamentally on engagement across generations, cultures, and social positions, and this book exemplifies precisely that. Table of Contents With Children and Youth: Emerging Theories and Practices in Child and Youth Care, edited by Kiaras Gharabaghi, Hans A. Skott-Myhre, and Mark Krueger Acknowledgements Introduction Kiaras Gharabaghi, Hans A. Skott-Myhre, and Mark Krueger Part 1 Chapter 1 The Purpose of Youth Work Kiaras Gharabaghi Chapter 2 Becoming the Common Hans A. Skott-Myhre Chapter 3 Stop Breaking People into Bits: A Plea for a Peopled Youth Work Doug Magnuson Chapter 4 Developing the Profession from Adolescence into Adulthood: Generativity versus Stagnation Carol Stuart Part 2 Chapter 5 Thinking through a Relational and Developmental Lens Jack Phelan Chapter 6 Crafting and Uncrafting Relationships in Child and Youth Care: Human-More-Than-Human Encounters Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw Chapter 7 Post-Growth Possibilities for Child and Youth Care Janet Newbury Chapter 8 Insider/Outsider: Challenge and Opportunity in Teaching ""The Profession That Never Was"" in the United States Ben Anderson-Nathe Part 3 Chapter 9 Reading Camus's The First Man Mark Krueger Chapter 10 Be Gone, Dull Care Gerry Fewster, with Cedrick of Toxteth Contributors Index
£31.46
Brookes Publishing Co Assessment of Parenting Competency in Mothers
Book SynopsisThis book guides professionals through the process of evaluating whether a mother with a major mental illness is at risk for maltreating her child.Children of parents with a major mental illness are at a high risk for both emotional disorders and developmental delays. However, attachment theory holds that the bonds of love between parent and child are among the most powerful indicators of future emotional health. Assessing when a parent poses a significant risk to her children is fraught with problems: there are few instruments that look at psychological functioning as it relates to parenting skills, the observation of a parent in multiple contexts is extremely difficult, there are differences in childrearing practices across cultures, and many instruments tend to focus on parenting deficits rather than strengths, just to name a few.This book provides a comprehensive overview about how to evaluate whether a mother with a mental illness is able to safely care for her children. The book synthesizes the research about psychiatric disorders and parenting and outlines eight principles for sound assessment methodology. It provides a step-by-step description of a parenting evaluation, including assessment of the parent's capabilities, the examination of the child's needs, and consideration of the social factors in the relationship. The book also includes numerous clinical vignettes drawn from the author's experiences.
£28.01
American Academy of Pediatrics Fostering Health
£50.40
Information Age Publishing Behavioral Science in the Global Arena:
Book SynopsisBehavioral scientists are increasingly involved in international work through cross cultural research, conference presentations, and faculty exchanges. Psychology and social work NGOs work at the United Nations, both on providing professional consultation on timely issues, as well as advocating to promote human rights and sustainable development. Although this work at the United Nations is an important arena for behavioral scientists, this has been barely covered in the academic literature.""What are growing roles of psychology and the behavioral sciences at the United Nations today?"" This first-ever volume brings together over 20 authors--both key experts and student interns--to answer this question. As the United Nations pursues its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)for the year 2030, behavioral scientists now occupy increasingly diverse roles to pursue evidence-based answers for these 17 timely SDGs.This panoramic yet concise 230-page volume is designed for students and professionals in the behavioral sciences, psychology and social work tovprovide state-of-the-art information on how behavioral scientists are addressing diverse global issues today. Each chapter offers a concise overview of a topic, including a glossary of current concepts, and citations to current research.Trade ReviewThis important volume posits fresh ideas for psychology’s role and future impact in the only global body that brings all governments together to tackle the social, economic, political and security factors that are essential for peace and collective human development in our fragile world."" --Saths Cooper, PhD Past-President, International Union of Psychological Scientists (IUPsyS)""I am delighted to recommend this volume, which uncovers two important truths to the success of the UN. 1. The critical role of civil society that makes the UN more humane. 2. The important role of behavioral sciences in shaping UN policies to produce successful outcomes. Because of the UN, we’ve not had a third world war, yet. Human Rights have expanded beyond belief of anyone who founded the UN 75 years ago."" --Bruce Knotts U.S. diplomat, author, and Chair of the U.N. DPI NGO Executive Committee""I am very excited to see the publication of a much-needed book on the contribution of the behavioral sciences at the UN which highlights the role of social work. The editors have successfully illuminated how social workers have been increasingly involved in addressing international issues. Well done!"" --Kathryn Conley Wehrmann, PhD LCSW, President, National Association of Social Workers (NASW)Table of Contents Foreword, Florence Denmark. Preface.Behavioral Sciences at the UN: An Overview, Harold Takooshian and Elaine P. Congress. SECTION A: SERVING CURRENT POPULATIONS. Aging, Patricia Brownell and Melissa Cueto. Child Welfare and Well-being, Uwe P. Gielen and Yasarina Almanzar. Migrant Adaption and Well-being, Abigail Asper. Gender Equity and Reproductive Justice, M. Whitehead and Abigail Asper. SECTION B: UPHOLDING SOCIAL JUSTICE. Poverty and Inequality, Kathy Elisca Clermont. Social Protection, Sergei Zelenev. Freedom and Democracy, Michael Stevens and Scott Eastman. Human Rights, Shirley Gatenio Gabel and Siva Mathiyazhagan. SECTION C: PROMOTING HARMONY. Counter-Terrorism, Ambassador T. Hamid Al-Bayati. Crime Prevention and Control, Taylor DeClerck. SECTION D: IMPROVING HUMAN HEALTH. Mental Health: Happiness and Well Being, Leslie Popoff and Jonathan DeSpirito. Physical Health, Rafael Latorre and Dalton Meister. Disaster and Trauma Intervention, Ani Kalayjian and Amna Khan. SECTION E: SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. Promoting Environmental Health: Challenges and Successes, George Garland and Alessandro Guimaraes. Reducing Urban Noise, Melissa Search and Arline L. Bronzaft. Conclusion. About the Editors. Name Index.
£44.96
Information Age Publishing Behavioral Science in the Global Arena:
Book SynopsisBehavioral scientists are increasingly involved in international work through cross cultural research, conference presentations, and faculty exchanges. Psychology and social work NGOs work at the United Nations, both on providing professional consultation on timely issues, as well as advocating to promote human rights and sustainable development. Although this work at the United Nations is an important arena for behavioral scientists, this has been barely covered in the academic literature.""What are growing roles of psychology and the behavioral sciences at the United Nations today?"" This first-ever volume brings together over 20 authors--both key experts and student interns--to answer this question. As the United Nations pursues its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)for the year 2030, behavioral scientists now occupy increasingly diverse roles to pursue evidence-based answers for these 17 timely SDGs.This panoramic yet concise 230-page volume is designed for students and professionals in the behavioral sciences, psychology and social work tovprovide state-of-the-art information on how behavioral scientists are addressing diverse global issues today. Each chapter offers a concise overview of a topic, including a glossary of current concepts, and citations to current research.Trade ReviewThis important volume posits fresh ideas for psychology’s role and future impact in the only global body that brings all governments together to tackle the social, economic, political and security factors that are essential for peace and collective human development in our fragile world."" --Saths Cooper, PhD Past-President, International Union of Psychological Scientists (IUPsyS)""I am delighted to recommend this volume, which uncovers two important truths to the success of the UN. 1. The critical role of civil society that makes the UN more humane. 2. The important role of behavioral sciences in shaping UN policies to produce successful outcomes. Because of the UN, we’ve not had a third world war, yet. Human Rights have expanded beyond belief of anyone who founded the UN 75 years ago."" --Bruce Knotts U.S. diplomat, author, and Chair of the U.N. DPI NGO Executive Committee""I am very excited to see the publication of a much-needed book on the contribution of the behavioral sciences at the UN which highlights the role of social work. The editors have successfully illuminated how social workers have been increasingly involved in addressing international issues. Well done!"" --Kathryn Conley Wehrmann, PhD LCSW, President, National Association of Social Workers (NASW)Table of Contents Foreword, Florence Denmark. Preface.Behavioral Sciences at the UN: An Overview, Harold Takooshian and Elaine P. Congress. SECTION A: SERVING CURRENT POPULATIONS. Aging, Patricia Brownell and Melissa Cueto. Child Welfare and Well-being, Uwe P. Gielen and Yasarina Almanzar. Migrant Adaption and Well-being, Abigail Asper. Gender Equity and Reproductive Justice, M. Whitehead and Abigail Asper. SECTION B: UPHOLDING SOCIAL JUSTICE. Poverty and Inequality, Kathy Elisca Clermont. Social Protection, Sergei Zelenev. Freedom and Democracy, Michael Stevens and Scott Eastman. Human Rights, Shirley Gatenio Gabel and Siva Mathiyazhagan. SECTION C: PROMOTING HARMONY. Counter-Terrorism, Ambassador T. Hamid Al-Bayati. Crime Prevention and Control, Taylor DeClerck. SECTION D: IMPROVING HUMAN HEALTH. Mental Health: Happiness and Well Being, Leslie Popoff and Jonathan DeSpirito. Physical Health, Rafael Latorre and Dalton Meister. Disaster and Trauma Intervention, Ani Kalayjian and Amna Khan. SECTION E: SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. Promoting Environmental Health: Challenges and Successes, George Garland and Alessandro Guimaraes. Reducing Urban Noise, Melissa Search and Arline L. Bronzaft. Conclusion. About the Editors. Name Index.
£82.80
Information Age Publishing Behavioral Science in the Global Arena: Global
Book SynopsisHow are behavioral scientists increasingly involved to advise global decision-makers in the United Nations and elsewhere?" In 2020, the Psychology Coalition at the United Nations (PCUN) launched a bold new series of books, describing how evidencebased behavioral research is increasingly used by United Nations and other decision-makers, to address global issues. These issues reflect the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030—such as health, poverty, education, peace, gender equality, and climate change. This PCUN volume brings together 34 experts in 14 concise chapters, to focus on diverse issues in mental, spiritual, and social health (detailed below). The chapters are co-authored by leading global experts as well as "rising star" students from many nations-offering readers a concise overview of each topic, a glossary of key terms, study questions, and bibliography. This volume is suitable as a textbook for diverse courses in psychology, social work, cross-cultural and international studies.Trade ReviewBehavioral Science in the Global Arena" is a milestone in the forging of a global psychologist mental health network, able to offer the United Nations solutionsto its quest." — Niels Peter Rygaard, CEO at www.fairstartfoundation.com, and recipient of the 2020 APA International Humanitarian Award"This volume provides students and professionals committed to international work insights on theoretical frameworks, policy implications and best practices using evidence-based approaches."— Barbara W. Shank, Dean and Professor Emerita, University of St. Thomas and Secretary, International Association of Schools of Social WorkTable of Contents Foreword, Leslie Popoff. Preface, Elaine Congress and Harold Takooshian. PART I: MENTAL HEALTH. Global Mental Health: Collaborating for Sustainable Development and Well-Being, Kelly O'Donnell, Julian Eaton, and Michèle Lewis O'Donnell. Mental Health: COVID-19, Stress, and Coping, Charlene Minaya and Dean R. McKay. Suicide Prevention: Global Trends, Ani Kalayjian and Amna Khan. Mental Health in the Workplace, Priyadharshany Sandanapitchai, Walter Reichman, and Mathian Osicki. International Day of Happiness at the UN, and the COVID-19 Crisis, T. Hamid Al-Bayati and Frances B. Biroc. PART II: SPIRITUAL HEALTH. Spiritual Health for Christians and Jews: Seeking God, Daniel LeBlanc, Shenae C. Osborn, and Odetta A. Saul. Spiritual Health in Muslim Communities: Striving for Taqwa, Sameena V. Azhar and Rayamar Alarshi. Spiritual Health in Hindu Communities: In Pursuit of Moksha, Sameena V. Azhar and Sanhaya Soi. PART III: INTERPERSONAL HEALTH. Overcoming Prejudice and Discrimination Through Resilience of Indigenous Peoples, Hilary N. Weaver. Racism and Mental Health: An Overview, Anne Williams Isom and Odetta A. Saul. Violence Against Women and Girls Across the Lifespan, Marciana L. Popescu, Patricia Brownell, and Tamara Pyatetskaya. Promoting Prosocial Behavior Through "Everyday Heroism:" The Heroic Imagination Project, Elaine H. Olaoye, Philip G. Zimbardo, and Zsuzsanna M. Feher. Caring Justice World-Wide: Co-Creating Compassionate, Safe, and Healthy Communities, Tina Maschi, Smita Dewan, Sandra Turner, Adriana Kaye, Annette Hintenach, and Sarah Malis. Mediation: The Changing Global Landscape, Maria R. Volpe. Concluding Remarks, Dalton Meister. Contributors.
£44.96
Information Age Publishing Behavioral Science in the Global Arena: Global
Book SynopsisHow are behavioral scientists increasingly involved to advise global decision-makers in the United Nations and elsewhere?" In 2020, the Psychology Coalition at the United Nations (PCUN) launched a bold new series of books, describing how evidencebased behavioral research is increasingly used by United Nations and other decision-makers, to address global issues. These issues reflect the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030—such as health, poverty, education, peace, gender equality, and climate change. This PCUN volume brings together 34 experts in 14 concise chapters, to focus on diverse issues in mental, spiritual, and social health (detailed below). The chapters are co-authored by leading global experts as well as "rising star" students from many nations-offering readers a concise overview of each topic, a glossary of key terms, study questions, and bibliography. This volume is suitable as a textbook for diverse courses in psychology, social work, cross-cultural and international studies.Trade ReviewBehavioral Science in the Global Arena" is a milestone in the forging of a global psychologist mental health network, able to offer the United Nations solutionsto its quest." — Niels Peter Rygaard, CEO at www.fairstartfoundation.com, and recipient of the 2020 APA International Humanitarian Award"This volume provides students and professionals committed to international work insights on theoretical frameworks, policy implications and best practices using evidence-based approaches."— Barbara W. Shank, Dean and Professor Emerita, University of St. Thomas and Secretary, International Association of Schools of Social WorkTable of Contents Foreword, Leslie Popoff. Preface, Elaine Congress and Harold Takooshian. PART I: MENTAL HEALTH. Global Mental Health: Collaborating for Sustainable Development and Well-Being, Kelly O'Donnell, Julian Eaton, and Michèle Lewis O'Donnell. Mental Health: COVID-19, Stress, and Coping, Charlene Minaya and Dean R. McKay. Suicide Prevention: Global Trends, Ani Kalayjian and Amna Khan. Mental Health in the Workplace, Priyadharshany Sandanapitchai, Walter Reichman, and Mathian Osicki. International Day of Happiness at the UN, and the COVID-19 Crisis, T. Hamid Al-Bayati and Frances B. Biroc. PART II: SPIRITUAL HEALTH. Spiritual Health for Christians and Jews: Seeking God, Daniel LeBlanc, Shenae C. Osborn, and Odetta A. Saul. Spiritual Health in Muslim Communities: Striving for Taqwa, Sameena V. Azhar and Rayamar Alarshi. Spiritual Health in Hindu Communities: In Pursuit of Moksha, Sameena V. Azhar and Sanhaya Soi. PART III: INTERPERSONAL HEALTH. Overcoming Prejudice and Discrimination Through Resilience of Indigenous Peoples, Hilary N. Weaver. Racism and Mental Health: An Overview, Anne Williams Isom and Odetta A. Saul. Violence Against Women and Girls Across the Lifespan, Marciana L. Popescu, Patricia Brownell, and Tamara Pyatetskaya. Promoting Prosocial Behavior Through "Everyday Heroism:" The Heroic Imagination Project, Elaine H. Olaoye, Philip G. Zimbardo, and Zsuzsanna M. Feher. Caring Justice World-Wide: Co-Creating Compassionate, Safe, and Healthy Communities, Tina Maschi, Smita Dewan, Sandra Turner, Adriana Kaye, Annette Hintenach, and Sarah Malis. Mediation: The Changing Global Landscape, Maria R. Volpe. Concluding Remarks, Dalton Meister. Contributors.
£82.80
Canadian Scholars Research & Reconciliation: Unsettling Ways of
Book SynopsisIn this edited collection, leading scholars seek to disrupt Eurocentric research methods by introducing students, professors, administrators, and practitioners to frameworks of Indigenous research methods through a lens of reconciliation.The foundation of this collection is rooted in each contributor’s unique conception of reconciliation, which extends beyond the parameters of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission to include a broader, more global approach to reconciliation. More pointedly, contributors discuss how effective research is when it’s demonstrated through acts of reconciliation.Encouraging active, participatory approaches to research, this seminal text includes a range of examples, including a variety of creative forms, such as storytelling, conversations, letters, social media, and visual methodologies that challenge linear ways of thinking and embrace Indigenous ways of knowing and seeing. This collection is a go-to resource for all disciplines with a research-focus, including Indigenous studies, sociology, social work, education, gender studies, and anthropology.Features: A focus on Indigenous methods of knowledge transmission that are not traditionally embraced in academia and challenges the Eurocentric concept of research Explores research methodologies through the lens of reconciliation on a global scale A unique text that utilizes reflections of individual contributors, emphasizing the narrative of each chapter relevant to Indigenous traditions of storytelling
£49.50
Canadian Scholars Holistic Healing: Theories, Practices, and Social
Book SynopsisA practical and insightful guide, Holistic Healing investigates the practices, theories, research, and history of holistic approaches as it relates to a wide range of health care and human service professionals. This text offers a uniquely comparative and integrated understanding of both ancient and modern Indigenous, Eastern, and Western traditional practices, including bodywork, expressive arts, energy medicine, eco-psychology, transpersonal psychology, naturopathy, homeopathy, Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, and Indigenous healing practices. Practitioners and scholars in health, nutrition, psychology, and social work contribute to research that focuses on individual, organizational, national, and global holistic intervention applications. Chapters in this collection address critical issues such as colonization, human rights, the environment, peace and conflict, and equity and inclusion. This collection is a timely and practical resource for students of undergraduate health, social work, sociology, holistic healing, and psychology programs and is also a great resource for professional practitioners.
£58.65
Canadian Scholars Changing Communities: A Guide for Social and
Book SynopsisExperienced community organizer and professor Patricia Spindel provides a practical guide for producing change through community action and social activism in the updated second edition of Changing Communities. Spindel explores who has power in society and how communities can mobilize to create positive change by building capacity, developing community structures, and taking direct action to shift power relations.Outlining a practical approach to asset mapping, creating community economic development strategies, and critiquing some current approaches to community development, the chapters cover topics including the impact of corruption and the influence of powerful interests, community strengths and needs assessment, community-based research, various community development strategies, and the principles and some of the tactics used in community organization. Equipped with case studies and practical examples, this fundamental guide is an essential resource for students in community development, social service work, gerontology, and other human services and helping professions.FEATURES: Includes a community strengths-based assessment framework developed by the author, referred to as the Strengths, Assets, Challenges, and Opportunities Assessment (SACO) Offers case studies and practical examples from Canada and the United States Provides students with practical knowledge on how to build powerful coalitions, raise funds for grassroots projects, and deal with the press and social media, including how to write a press release Table of Contents Chapter 1: Why Be an Agent of Change? Chapter 2: Community Development, Engagement, Organization, Capacity Building Defined Chapter 3: Who Holds the Reins of Power? Chapter 4: Community Strengths, Needs Assessment, and Research Chapter 5: How to Do Community Development Chapter 6: Principles and Strategies of Community Organization Chapter 7: Building Powerful Coalitions Chapter 8: Fundraising for Community Action Chapter 9: Managing the Message Chapter 10: Being the Change: Qualities of a Successful OrganizerIndex
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Canadian Scholars Strong Helpers' Teachings: The Value of
Book SynopsisThe thoroughly updated third edition of Strong Helpers' Teachings skillfully illustrates the importance of Indigenous knowledges in the human services. Making space for the voices of many Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, practitioners, and service users, Cyndy Baskin's text models possible pathways toward relationship building and allyship.With practical examples and case studies, Baskin places Indigenous perspectives at the centre of the social work disciplines and covers topics such as spirituality, research, justice, and healing. Robust updates include new chapters on decolonization and reconciliation, as well as expanded content on holistic healing implementation, skill building, land-based practice, and child welfare.With concise theoretical content, illustrative practical applications, rich pedagogical features, and a focus on centering Indigenous worldviews, knowledge, and helping practices, this text is foundational for educators, practitioners, and students of human services, social work, child and youth care, and more.Table of Contents Author Biography AcknowledgementsChapter One: Starting at the Beginning Chapter Two: The Self Is Always First in the Circle Chapter Three: When Bad Things Happen to Those Who Do the Helping Chapter Four: Current Theories and Models of Social Work as Seen through an Indigenous Lens Chapter Five: Centring All Helping Approaches Chapter Six: From an Ethical Place Chapter Seven: Holistic or Wholistic Approach Chapter Eight: The Answers Are in the Community Chapter Nine: Spirituality: The Core of Indigenous Worldviews Chapter Ten: Mental Health as Connected to the Whole Chapter Eleven: Healing Justice Chapter Twelve: Coming In: Two-Spirit Identity Chapter Thirteen: Caring for Families, Caring for Children Chapter Fourteen: The Power of Pedagogy Chapter Fifteen: Taking Back Research Chapter Sixteen: We Are All Related Chapter Seventeen: So You Wanna Be an… Ally? Accomplice? Co-Conspirator? Chapter Eighteen: Self-Determination and Reconciliation: The Next Seven Generations Chapter Nineteen: The End of the World as We Know ItReferences
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University of Calgary Press The Tensions Between Culture and Human Rights:
Book SynopsisCultural practices have the potential to cause human suffering. The Tension Between Culture and Human Rights critically interrogates the relationship between culture and human rights across Africa and offers strategies for pedagogy and practice that social workers and educators may use.Drawing on Afrocentricity and emancipatory social work as antidotes to colonial power and dehumanization, this collection challenges cultural practices that violate human rights, and the dichotomous and taken-for-granted assumptions in the cultural representations between the West and the Rest of the world. Engaging critically with cultural traditions while affirming Indigenous knowledge and practices, it is unafraid to deal frankly with uncomfortable truths. Each chapter explores a specific aspect of African cultural norms and practices and their impacts on human rights and human dignity, paying special attention to the intersections of politics, economics, race, class, gender, and cultural expression.Going beyond analysis, this collection offers a range of practical approaches to understanding and intervention rooted in emancipatory social work. It offers a pathway to develop critical reflexivity and to reframe epistemologies for education and practice. This is essential reading not only for students and practitioners of social work, but for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of African cultures and practices.
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