Human Rights in Social Work
Key Themes for an Emerging Paradigm in Education, Practice and Research
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. April 2026
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-4473-7411-4 (ISBN)
Description
Bringing together leading voices in theory, practice and research, this book examines how social workers can move beyond rhetoric - confronting the profession's own historic and ongoing failings - to embed a deeper, more intersectional understanding of human rights into social work's core.
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Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
513 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-7411-4 (9781447374114)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Emilio Jose Gomez-Ciriano | Ines Martinez Herrero | Ian Cummins
Human Rights in Social Work
Key Themes for an Emerging Paradigm in Education, Practice and Research
E-Book
04/2026
1st Edition
Policy Press
€44.49
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Persons
Emilio Jose Gomez-Ciriano is Associate Professor of Social Work at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha.
Ian Cummins is Senior Lecturer at the University of Salford and is a qualified probation officer, mental health social worker and ASW.
Maria Ines Martinez Herrero is Lecturer in Social Work at the National University of Distance Education, a qualified social worker and former Vice President of the European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA).
Ian Cummins is Senior Lecturer at the University of Salford and is a qualified probation officer, mental health social worker and ASW.
Maria Ines Martinez Herrero is Lecturer in Social Work at the National University of Distance Education, a qualified social worker and former Vice President of the European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA).
Content
Introduction
Part 1: The human rights framework and its connection with social work
1. The human rights framework: relevance for social work education and research
2. Neoliberalism, Human Rights, and Citizenship
3. Social Work, Human Rights, and a Culture of Peace
4. Social Work, Poverty, and Human Rights
5. The Liminal Position of Human Rights in Social Work
6. An Intersectional approach to Human Rights in social work
Part 2: Human Rights in Practice, Education and Research
7. Human Rights and Social Work Education
8. Human Rights and Social Work Research
9. Social Work and Climate Change.
10. Human Rights, and the challenges of digital social work
11. Advocating for the Human Rights of Migrants and Asylum Seekers in a Populist Fortress Europe
12. Social work with Gypsy Roma Traveller communities
Epilogue
Part 1: The human rights framework and its connection with social work
1. The human rights framework: relevance for social work education and research
2. Neoliberalism, Human Rights, and Citizenship
3. Social Work, Human Rights, and a Culture of Peace
4. Social Work, Poverty, and Human Rights
5. The Liminal Position of Human Rights in Social Work
6. An Intersectional approach to Human Rights in social work
Part 2: Human Rights in Practice, Education and Research
7. Human Rights and Social Work Education
8. Human Rights and Social Work Research
9. Social Work and Climate Change.
10. Human Rights, and the challenges of digital social work
11. Advocating for the Human Rights of Migrants and Asylum Seekers in a Populist Fortress Europe
12. Social work with Gypsy Roma Traveller communities
Epilogue