Human Rights-Based Community Practice in the United States
A transformative model for community social work rooted in basic social and economic rights is the basis of this timely Brief. With specific chapters spotlighting the rights to health care, nutritious food, and adequate and affordable housing, the book de
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Kathryn R. Libal Scott Harding
Human Rights-Based Community Practice in the United States
SpringerBriefs in Rights-Based Approaches to Social Work Series editor Shirley Gatenio Gabel, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11694
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Scott Harding School of Social Work University of Connecticut West Hartford, CT USA
Kathryn R. Libal School of Social Work University of Connecticut West Hartford, CT USA
ISSN 2195-9749 ISBN 978-3-319-08209-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08210-3
ISSN 2195-9757 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-08210-3 (eBook)
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Foreword
Even though you and I are in different boats, you in your boat and we in our canoe, we share the same River of Life. —Chief Oren Lyons, Onandaga Nation, USA The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. —John F. Kennedy, Civil Rights Announcement, June 11, 1963
For over a century, social workers have worked to improve the lives and situations of individuals, famil
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