Oxford University Press

“The spirit of human rights and social work fits clearly, but the will to articulate human rights as foundational
to social work has been sidelined – until now. This book provides human rights as an organizing framework,
and makes it transferable to the syllabus and classroom.”
—Christina L. Erickson, PhD, Associate Professor, Augsburg University

Unique in its use of a human rights framework, Social Work

and Social Welfare goes beyond U.S. borders to examine U.S.
government policies—including child welfare, social services,
health care, and criminal justice—within a global context.
Guided by the belief that forces from the global market and
predominant political ideologies affect all social workers in
their practice, the book addresses a wide range of relevant
topics, including the refugee journey, the impact of new
technologies, war trauma, environmental justice, and
restorative justice. As a general textbook, the content is
organized to follow course outlines for basic, introductory
courses which examine social welfare programs, policies, and
issues.

Features:
 Includes dynamic boxed readings on historical events,
biographies, and social welfare practices in Norway, the
UK, South Korea, Cuba, Ecuador, and the Caribbean
 Focuses on restorative justice as an alternative to
traditional criminal justice and reparations for wrongs
inflicted upon whole populations
 Includes an original outline for an anti-oppressive policy
April 2018 analysis for classroom use/discussion and term papers
Paperback | 520 Pages that focus on policy innovation
9780190612825
$65.00 USD  Features critical thinking questions at the end of each
chapter and includes a rubric of 2015 EPAS standards

Katherine Stuart van Wormer, PhD, MSSW, is Professor of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa. A native of New
Orleans, she majored in English at the University of North Carolina where she was active in the Civil Rights Movement. She
worked for several years in Northern Ireland as an English teacher and in Norway as an alcoholism counselor.

Rosemary J. Link, PhD, LISW, is Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Simpson College. An international human rights
expert, she has developed exchanges in a variety of countries, including Mexico with the Center for Global Education; initiated a
20 year sustained exchange of faculty and students with the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Augsburg College MN; and
presented with Indian and US social work students in Bangalore, Chennai and Mangalore.

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