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Social (In)equality, Community Well-being and Quality of Life
Combining theoretical and empirical research with global case studies, this innovative book examines the complex relationships between social (in)equality, community well-being and quality of life centred on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10. Insightful and forward-thinking, it explores strategies for fostering strong communities, focusing on the importance of social connections, shared resources and a sense of belonging.
Indigenization Discourse in Social Work
This contributed volume provides an in-depth understanding of contemporary debates, discussions and insights on Indigenous social work theory, education and practice across the globe. Based on theoretical and empirical perspectives, authors collectively contribute to a comprehensive, critical and up-to-date discussion about Indigenous social work theories, decolonization of social work education, Indigenous social work curriculum, Indigenous social work practice, and cultural perspectives towards enhancing Indigenous social work education and practice. The key features of this book are: Critical insights into the historical evolution of Indigenous social work; Global debates on the westerniz...
Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Innovation on Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences (ICOSI-HESS 2022)
This is an open access book. This proceeding consists of research presented in ICOSI UMY, on 20-21 July 2022 at Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. The conference covers the topic of governance, international relations, law, education, humanities, and social sciences. The COVID-19 pandemic first time that occurred in 2019, has brought many changes that constrain all countries to adapt quickly. The crisis has shown vulnerabilities and gaps in several primary systems, including healthcare, social protection, education, value chains, production networks, financial markets, and the ecosystem. One of the efforts that each country can take to rise from the COVID-19 pandemic is through strengtheni...
The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Work Education
This handbook addresses the issues and challenges of the delivery of social work education in the contemporary world. It provides an authoritative overview of the key debates, switching the lens away from a Western-centric focus to engage with a much broader audience in countries that are in the process of modernization and professionalization, alongside those where social work education is more developed. Chapters tackle major challenges with respect to curriculum, teaching, practice, and training in light of globalization, providing a thorough examination of the practice of social work in diverse contexts. This handbook presents a contribution to the process of knowledge exchange which is essential to global social work education. It brings together professional knowledge and lived experience, both universal and local, and aims to be an essential reference for social work educators, researchers, and students.
DINAMIKA GENDER & PERUBAHAN SOSIAL
Perbedaan gender tidaklah menjadi masalah sepanjang tidak melahirkan ketidakadilan gender. Namun, ternyata perbedaan gender telah melahirkan berbagai ketidakadilan, baik bagi laki-laki dan terutama terhadap perempuan. Ketidakadilan gender merupakan sistem dan struktur dimana baik kaum laki-laki dan perempuan menjadi korban dari sistem tersebut. Dalam bidang politik, politisi atau komunikator perempuan kurang percaya diri dalam berkomunikasi di panggung politik baik secara formal dan non formal. Interaksi simbolik yang berjalan antara komunikator politik perempuan dengan konstituennya lebih berfokus pada isu-isu permasalahan pendidikan, kesehatan, keluarga dan anak. Apa yang di lakukan tidak ...
Pembangunan Komuniti di Malaysia dan Indonesia (UUM Press)
Buku ini menilai kesan pembangunan terhadap komuniti yang merangkumi peluang, isu dan masalah yang dihadapi oleh komuniti terpilih. Antara isu yang mendapat perhatian ialah pembangunan komuniti, praktis kerja sosial dengan komuniti, pemerkasaan komuniti dan isu-isu semasa yang melibatkan komuniti. Buku yang membincangkan komuniti sebelum ini kebanyakannya hanya menumpukan isu pembangunan yang dijalankan terhadap komuniti itu sahaja. Namun demikian, buku ini lebih memberi tumpuan kepada aspek sumbangan bidang kerja sosial terhadap pembangunan komuniti. Golongan sasaran yang dikenal pasti juga merupakan antara tujahan kelompok sasaran dalam bidang kerja sosial yang merangkumi kelompok minoriti...
Homelessness to Hope
Homelessness to Hope: Research, Policy and Practices on Global Perspectives brings together stories, observations and critical appraisals that have emerged out of the interdisciplinary studies spanning across the global North and South. It explores how diverse accounts on homelessness and homeless people are situated within the structural-institutional arrangements of the developing and developed worlds. Through its comparative framework, the book offers a broader understanding of the multiple ways in which homelessness is experienced, perceived, and addressed. The book uses cross-cutting theoretical framings (such as resilience, wellbeing, social-ecological systems, sustainability, urban pl...
Growing Up with a Single Parent
Nonwhite and white, rich and poor, born to an unwed mother or weathering divorce, over half of all children in the current generation will live in a single-parent family--and these children simply will not fare as well as their peers who live with both parents. This is the clear and urgent message of this powerful book. Based on four national surveys and drawing on more than a decade of research, Growing Up with a Single Parent sharply demonstrates the connection between family structure and a child's prospects for success. What are the chances that the child of a single parent will graduate from high school, go on to college, find and keep a job? Will she become a teenage mother? Will he be...
Rural Livelihoods and Diversity in Developing Countries
Rural families in developing countries make a living by engaging in diverse activities. These range from farming, to rural trade, to migration to distant cities and even abroad. This book explores the implications of rural livelihood diversity for key topics in development studies and for poverty reduction policies. The livelihoods approach is gaining momentum, and this is the first book to set it out in detail.
Domestic Violence and Family Safety
The book aims to explore the exciting opportunities offered by a systemic approach for mental health professionals and psychotherapists when working with families and other systems where domestic violence in intimate relationships is of concern. The main purpose of the book lies in the application of systemic thinking to safety and to understanding the complexity of domestic violence on family relationships over time. The authors outline their approach to these complex issues based on their eight years of joint experience in the Reading Safer Families project. They draw from a broad field of family psychology and systemic psychotherapy to distil the theories, methods and techniques most help...
