Social Work in Extremis: Lessons for Social Work Internationally

doi:10.46692/9781847427199

This important book looks at social work responses in different countries to extreme social, economic and political situations including war situations, military regimes, earthquakes and tsunamis.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii
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Contents
pp iii-iii
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List of contributors
pp iv-iv
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Acknowledgements
pp v-vi
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Introduction: Social work in extremis – disaster capitalism, ‘social shocks’ and ‘popular social work’
pp 1-14
- By Michael Lavalette
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one - ‘Popular social work’ in the Palestinian West Bank: dispatches from the front line
pp 15-30
- By Chris Jones, Michael Lavalette
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two - Samidoun: grassroots welfare and popular resistance in Beirut during the 33-Day War of 2006
pp 31-50
- By Michael Lavalette, Barrie Levine
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three - Grassroots community organising in a post-disaster context: lessons for social work education from Ilias, Greece
pp 51-64
- By Maria Pentaraki
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four - Grassroots community social work with the ‘unwanted’: the case of Kinisi and the rights of refugees and migrants in Patras, Greece
pp 65-80
- By Dora Teloni
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five - In search of emancipatory social work practice in contemporary Colombia: working with the despalzados in Bogota
pp 81-92
- By Carmen Hinestroza, Vasilios Ioakimidis
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six - Addressing social conflicts in Sri Lanka: social development interventions by a people's organisation
pp 93-104
- By Ashok Gladston Xavier
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seven - International organisations, social work and war: a ‘frog's perspective’ reflection on the bird's eye view
pp 105-114
- By Reima Ana Maglajlic
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eight - Welfare under warfare: the Greek struggle for emancipatory social welfare (1940–44)
pp 115-132
- By Vasilios Ioakimidis
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nine - Social welfare services to protect elderly victims of war in Cyprus
pp 133-142
- By Gregory Neocleous
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ten - Worker's eye view of neoliberalism and Hurricane Katrina
pp 143-152
- By Marla S. McCulloch
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eleven - Social work, social development and practice legitimacy in Central Asia
pp 153-166
- By Terry Murphy
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Conclusion: Social work in extremis – some general conclusions
pp 167-172
- By Vasilios Ioakimidis
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References
pp 173-186
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Index
pp 187-191
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iii

List of contributors
pp iv-iv

Acknowledgements
pp v-vi

Introduction: Social work in extremis – disaster capitalism, ‘social shocks’ and ‘popular social work’
pp 1-14

one - ‘Popular social work’ in the Palestinian West Bank: dispatches from the front line
pp 15-30

two - Samidoun: grassroots welfare and popular resistance in Beirut during the 33-Day War of 2006
pp 31-50

three - Grassroots community organising in a post-disaster context: lessons for social work education from Ilias, Greece
pp 51-64

four - Grassroots community social work with the ‘unwanted’: the case of Kinisi and the rights of refugees and migrants in Patras, Greece
pp 65-80

five - In search of emancipatory social work practice in contemporary Colombia: working with the despalzados in Bogota
pp 81-92

six - Addressing social conflicts in Sri Lanka: social development interventions by a people's organisation
pp 93-104

seven - International organisations, social work and war: a ‘frog's perspective’ reflection on the bird's eye view
pp 105-114

eight - Welfare under warfare: the Greek struggle for emancipatory social welfare (1940–44)
pp 115-132

nine - Social welfare services to protect elderly victims of war in Cyprus
pp 133-142

ten - Worker's eye view of neoliberalism and Hurricane Katrina
pp 143-152

eleven - Social work, social development and practice legitimacy in Central Asia
pp 153-166

Conclusion: Social work in extremis – some general conclusions
pp 167-172

References
pp 173-186

Index
pp 187-191

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