2007
DOI: 10.1177/0020872807081899
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Social and economic justice, human rights and peace

Abstract: English Social work in Canada and the USA shares a common heritage in the commitment to advancing social and economic justice. Today the capitalist global market and increasing militarization affect social work in both nations. This paper discusses these challenges and presents a vision for social work as a human rights profession. French Au Canada et aux É tats-Unis, le travail social partage l’héritage d’un engagement à faire évoluer la justice sociale et économique. Aujourd’hui, la mondialisation du marc… Show more

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“…Also in Canada over the last 20 years, social welfare benefits have eroded as the United States and Canada continue integrating their economies under trade agreements such as NAFTA (Lundy & van Wormer, 2007). As the Canadian and U.S. economies become more integrated "social workers have often found themselves torn between the values instilled in them in schools of social work and the realities of trying to help clients against an increasingly lean and mean social system" (Lundy et al,p.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Also in Canada over the last 20 years, social welfare benefits have eroded as the United States and Canada continue integrating their economies under trade agreements such as NAFTA (Lundy & van Wormer, 2007). As the Canadian and U.S. economies become more integrated "social workers have often found themselves torn between the values instilled in them in schools of social work and the realities of trying to help clients against an increasingly lean and mean social system" (Lundy et al,p.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Lundy and van Wormer (2007) provide a more precise definition of economic justice as simply equitable standards of living, where people have an opportunity to work for an income that provides adequately for their families. This definition is more measurable if we can agree on what "adequately" means.…”
Section: Defining Economic Justicementioning
confidence: 99%
“…En dicho marco, existen bastantes evidencias de su ánimo de colaboración con los derechos humanos para dar respuesta a los problemas sociales (Healy, 2008;Human rights and social work;Lundy y van Wormer, 2007). A inicios del siglo XX, en el contexto de la Liga de Naciones y de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo, nacieron las primeras organizaciones de bienestar tales como la Conferencia Internacional de Bienestar Social, el Comité Internacional de Escuelas de Trabajo Social y el Secretariado Internacional Permanente de Trabajadores Sociales, organización que más tarde se convertiría en la Federación Internacional de Trabajadores Sociales (FITS), que centraron su atención en establecer una serie de principios que sustentaran la práctica profesional, estrechamente vinculados con los principios de los derechos humanos, desarrollándolos gradualmente en los códigos de ética profesionales (Human rights and social work).…”
Section: Una Relación Histórica Y Vigenteunclassified
“…Essential to social work in contemporary practice is the promotion of human rights and peace through confronting militarism and violence (International Federation of Social Workers, 2000;Lundy, 2011;Lundy and van Wormer, 2007). For the most part, and particularly after the 1920s, social workers have been reluctant to engage in social activism that directly challenges structures (Abramovitz, 1998;Epstein, 1969;Epstein and Reeser, 1990;Ferguson and Woodward, 2009;Lees, 1972).…”
Section: Challenging Militarism and Violence-strategies For Changementioning
confidence: 99%