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Social work and human services responsibilities in a time of climate change : country, community and complexity
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"This book provides an accessible, research informed text for students, social workers and other social service workers and community development workers focused on practically linking climate chan...
"This book provides an accessible, research informed text for students, social workers and other social service workers and community development workers focused on practically linking climate change to social justice. It will be required reading for all scholars, students and professionals of social work, social welfare, community development, international development, community health, and environmental and community education"--Provided by publisher.
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- Amanda Howard, Margot Rawsthorne, Pam Joseph, Mareese Terare, Dara Sampson and Meaghan Katrak-Harris
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- English
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- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023
- ©2023
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- 1 online resource
- ISBNs
- 9781003146339, 9781000782530, 1003146333, 9780367704483, 036770448X, 1000782530, 9781000782592, 100078259X, 9780367704391
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- on1346365660, on1343300094
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Amanda Howard (Professor) is part of the Social work and Policy Studies team at the University of Sydney and is the Director of Undergraduate Programs. Areas of research include community development, disasters and climate change, inclusion and participatory action research. Margot Rawsthorne works as an Associate Professorat the University of Sydney in the Social Work and Policy Studies Team. Areas of research interest include the lived experience of social disadvantage, community development, housing and disasters. Pam Joseph (PhD) is a Lecturer at the University of Sydney in the Social Work and Policy Studies team. Her research includes a focus on community-led disaster resilience and the impacts of climate change, the intersection of health and disability, and is particularly interested in processes of transition. Mareese Terare (PhD) works at the University of Sydney in the Social Work and Policy Studies team. Her research focus includes decolonising practice, First Nations knowledges and epistemologies, interpersonal trauma, social justice, children's rights and human rights. Dara Sampson (PhD) works as the Academic Research Manager in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle. Research interests include using fiction in social work teaching, disasters, mental health and social justice. Meaghan Katrak-Harris (PhD) works at the University of Sydney as part of the teaching and research teams in Social Work and Policy Studies, and as a freelance researcher, writer and practitioner. Meaghan's areas of research focus include decolonising practice, disasters, social justice and community practice.
- Starting the conversation -- About this book -- The start -- First Nations worldviews : the first sunrise -- Complexity theory -- Community development -- A note on context : neo-liberalism -- Social work and human services : what's climate change got to do with it? -- Ideas in action -- Connecting social and ecological justice : exploring frames and ideas -- Responsibilities -- Risk -- Resilience -- Making sense of action : mitigation and adaptation? -- Locating social work and human services : ethics, care and social justice -- Care, ethics, and intersections -- Ideas to action -- First Nations worldviews : the first sunrise -- Author standpoint -- The first sunrise : time immemorial -- First Nations worldviews -- Climate action and Aboriginal worldviews -- Cultural burning : a renewed interest -- Human rights and social work -- Practical tools -- Complexity -- Introduction -- The development of complexity theory -- Focus concepts -- Incorporating a critical lens -- Wicked problems -- Human services and collaborative complexity -- Action research and complexity thinking -- Implications for social work and human service practice -- Conclusion -- The basics -- Food -- Energy -- Water -- Acting for change -- Community development practice and climate change -- Some useful conceptual tools -- Understandings of power -- Critical consciousness or conscientisation -- Recognition -- Dadirri as practice -- A few words of caution: the 'c' word -- Acting for change as individuals -- At home -- At the office -- With our neighborhoods -- Acting for change together : collective action -- The dominance of individual choice and why we need to reconnect collective networks for action -- Collective action persists and re-emerges -- Swimming against the tide not in a good way -- What are we talking about when we say, 'collective action'? -- Self-organizing systems -- Drawing down on social capital and local networks -- Widening and deepening the view : collective action at multiple scales -- Collective action : not as simple as it looks -- Acting for change : mobilizing policy -- Public policy -- Wicked social problems -- Climate change and policy -- National policy -- Global policy making -- Positive steps -- Social work and human service practitioners as policy actors -- Emergent moments : when it all goes wrong -- Drawing from our research to make sense of ideas, context, and action when disasters bring climate change to our attention -- Context 1 : coastal communities -- Context 2 : peri-urban communities on the outskirts of a capital city -- Context 3 : region comprising rural, urban, coastal, and inland communities -- Learning from emergent moments -- Emergent moments : the future -- Introduction -- Mental health -- Health -- Housing -- Child protection -- Income support -- Place-based (non-government) organizations -- Conclusion -- Case studies -- Food systems, water, and workers -- Aboriginal knowledge and community voices -- Knitting Nannas -- Urban heat sinks -- Beyond the hero narrative : recognizing community collective action