Ecological social work : towards sustainability /: towards sustainability. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jennifer McKinnon and Margaret Alston.
• Editors: McKinnon, Jennifer; Alston, Margaret
• Contents: PART I: DEFINING AND THEORISING ECOLOGICAL SOCIAL WORK; 1. Conceptual and Historical Analysis of Ecological Social Work; Aila-Leena Matthies and Kati Närhi; 2. Social Development and Sustainability; Julie Drolet, Haorui Wu, and Allyson Dennehy; PART II: DEVELOPING ECOLOGICAL SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE; 3. Developing Ecological Social Work for Micro Level Practice; Heather Boetto; 4. Building Sustainable Urban Communities; Joke Vandenabeele, Katrien Van Poek and Jef Peeters; 5. Rural Community Sustainability; Margaret Alston, Kerri Whittenbury and Deb Western; 6. Social Impact Assessment for Social Workers; Peter Raymaekers; 7. Ecological Social Work in a Developing Nation: Africa; Robin L. Ersing, Jesse SeyAyivor, Osman Alhassan, Kiki Caruson; 8. Grassroots Ecological Social Work in India; Satu Ranta-Tyrkko and Arpita Das; 9. Social work in post-disaster sites; Margaret Alston, Tricia Hazeleger and Desley Hargraves; PART III: INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS FOR SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; 10. A Safe and Just Space for Humanity: the Need for a New Concept of Well-being; Jef Peeters; 11. Empowerment, Resilience and Social Capital: Building Blocks for a Sustainability Transition; Jef Peeters; 12. Developing an Individual Professional Ecological Practice Framework; Margaret Alston, Aila-Leena Matthies, and Jennifer McKinnon
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 361.3; Environmental Conservation & Protection; Social service -- Environmental aspects; Environmental sociology; Human ecology; Social Work; Sustainability; Social impact of environmental issues
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137401373; 1137401370
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