Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Titre(s) : Subversive action [Texte imprimé] : extralegal practices for social justice / Nilan Yu and Deena Mandel editors

Publication : Waterloo (Ont.) : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, copyright 2015

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (x-187 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Subversive Action presents cases that explore the use of extralegal action undertaken in pursuit of human rights and social justice, and locate that action with reference to the boundaries of social work. Definitions of social work often include goals of social change, social justice, empowerment, and the liberation of people, but social work texts make little mention of extra legal actions. Mainstream conceptions of social work usually consider it to fall within the framework of particular legal and societal contexts. As such, it is presented with boundaries for legitimate action even as it espouses principles that may require it to challenge these boundaries. How does one do social work in legal and societal contexts that challenge these principles with institutional and state-mandated exclusion and discrimination? Should social workers simply act within the bounds of the law in line with their professional sanction and mandate? Do their actions qualify as social work if they are beyond the limits of the law? The essays in this volume, by authors from around the world, raise these questions by providing a basis for reflection about the claims we make in social work embodied in discourses on social justice and human rights."
Issued also in electronic format.

Autre(s) auteur(s) : Yu, Nilan (1969-....). Éditeur scientifique  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur
Mandell, Deena. Éditeur scientifique  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Sujet(s) : Justice sociale  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Droits de l'homme  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Travailleurs sociaux  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Genre ou forme : Études de cas  Voir les notices liées en tant que genre ou forme

Indice(s) Dewey :  303.372 (23e éd.) = Systèmes de croyance et coutumes  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781771121231. - ISBN 1771121238. - ISBN 9781771120869 (erroné). - ISBN 177112086X (erroné). - ISBN 9781771120852 (erroné). - ISBN 1771120851 (erroné)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb45741912x

Notice n° :  FRBNF45741912 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Social work and salt making / Nilan Yu and Deena Mandell ; Social justice and social work: convergence and divergence in the wake of Toronto G20 summit / Deena Mandell and Alex Hundert ; Challenging state aggression against Indigenous Australians / John Tomlinson ; Politicizing welfare and humanizing politics: social workers opposing Apartheid South Africa's policies / Thérèse Sacco and Jeanette Schmid ; Social workers, resistance, and martial law in the Philippines: a view from below / Mary Lou L. Alcid ; Medha Patkar's environmental activism and professional social work in India: mass legitimacy and myopic structures / Manohar Pawar and Venkat Pulla ; Challenging the authority of the state and reclaiming citizenship: a case on eviction and deportation of pavement dwellers in Bombay, India / Purnima George and Ferzana Chaze ; Non-violent resistance: the landless rural workers movement of Brazil / Wilder Robles ; Subversive education in Ethiopia and Canada: turning coercive encounters into transformative possibilities / Martha Kuwee Kunsa ; Conclusion: rights, justice, the law, and extralegal action / Nilan Yu