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  • The Routledge International Handbook of Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals

    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    The Routledge International Handbook of Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals answers the question: What is the contribution of social development and social work to the Sustainable Development Goals? The success of these goals requires implementation, and each of the 17 objectives for sustainable social progress have a social dimension. The Sustainable Development ... Read more

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  • Practicing Rights

    Human rights-based approaches to social work practice

    by David Androff ...
    Social work Codes of Ethics of professional organizations around the world appeal to the concept of people having ‘rights’ that social workers need to respect and advocate for. However, it isn’t always clear how social workers can actually incorporate human rights-based approaches in their practice, whether domestic or international. This book fills this gap by advancing rights-based approaches to ... Read more

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    Series series Maarif Global Education Series
    This open access book explores the agenda of education policies in the 21st century. In the first part of the book, education is handled from a historical and political framework, and the effects of the change of states and policies on education are examined. In the second part, the effects of changes in the economy on education policies and economies’ demands from educational institutions are ... Read more

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  • International Social Work

    Issues, Strategies, and Programs

    International Social Work: Issues, Strategies, and Programs, Second Edition draws together the practice wisdom emerging within the broad scope of international social work practice and its role in contributing to the international community′s efforts in combating the major global social problems of poverty, conflict and postconflict reconstruction, the development of countries and disadvantaged ... Read more

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  • Introduction to Gender-Sensitive Social Protection Programming to Combat Rural Poverty: Why Is It Important and What Does It Mean? – Fao Technical Guide 1

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Many social protection programmes, including cash transfers, public works programmes and asset transfers, target women as main beneficiaries or recipients of benefits. Extending social protection to rural populations has great potential for fostering rural women's economic empowerment. However, to tap into this potential, more needs to be done. There is much scope for making social protection ... Read more

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    by Jacqui True ...
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    Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a longstanding problem that has increasingly come to the forefront of international and national policy debates and news: from the US reauthorization of the Violence against Women Act and a United Nations declaration to end sexual violence in war, to coverage of gang rapes in India, cyberstalking and "revenge porn", honor killings, female genital ... Read more

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  • Foreign Aid and Its Unintended Consequences

    by Dirk-Jan Koch ...
    Series series Rethinking Development
    Foreign aid and international development frequently bring with it a range of unintended consequences, both negative and positive. This book delves into these consequences, providing a fresh and comprehensive guide to understanding and addressing them.The book starts by laying out a theoretical framework based on complexity thinking, before going on to explore the ten most prevalent kinds of ... Read more

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  • International Development

    Ideas, Experience, and Prospects

    Thinking on development informs and inspires the actions of people, organizations, and states in their continuous effort to invent a better world. This volume examines the ideas behind development: their origins, how they have changed and spread over time, and how they may evolve over the coming decades. It also examines how the real-life experiences of different countries and organizations have ... Read more

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    Series series Routledge Corruption and Anti-Corruption Studies
    This book argues that it is time to step back and reassess the anti-corruption movement, which despite its many opportunities and great resources has ended up with a track record that is indifferent at best.Drawing on many years of experience and research, the authors critique many of the major strategies and tactics employed by anti-corruption actors, arguing that they have made the mistake of ... Read more

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    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
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    How does the social and political context in which decision-makers find themselves in affect their ability to realize their reform goals? How does this context facilitate or inhibit specific reform agendas and projects? How can we operationalize and evaluate these risks and opportunities in order to decide what reforms and projects are feasible given the circumstances? This book provides the ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Handbook of Green Social Work

    Edited by Lena Dominelli ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Green social work espouses a holistic approach to all peoples and other living things – plants and animals, and the physical ecosystem; emphasises the relational nature of all its constituent parts; and redefines the duty to care for and about others as one that includes the duty to care for and about planet earth.By acknowledging the interdependency of all living things it allows for the ... Read more

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