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This book offers a much-needed critical overview of the concept of social justice and its application in professional social work practice. Social justice has a rich conceptual genealogy in critical theory and political philosophy. For students, teachers and social workers concerned with empowerment, social change and human rights, this book provides a guide to the key ideas and thinkers, crucial historical developments and contemporary debates about social justice. It synthesises interdisciplinary knowledge and offers a new framework for practice, including a clear and practical exposition of four domains of skills and knowledge important for social justice informed social work. The book also contributes to social work pedagogy by offering a comprehensive set of learning outcomes that can be used to design curriculum, teaching and learning, and further research into social justice praxis. This book provides a range of philosophical and critical perspectives to support and inform social work professional knowledge and skills. In its tight knitting together of theory and practice this book links philosophical and moral principles with an understanding of how to engage with social justice in a way that is relevant to social work.

Social work. --- Social justice. --- Political science --- Social policy. --- Social Work. --- Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights. --- Political Philosophy. --- Children, Youth and Family Policy. --- National planning --- State planning --- Economic policy --- Family policy --- Social history --- Political philosophy --- Equality --- Justice --- Benevolent institutions --- Philanthropy --- Relief stations (for the poor) --- Social service agencies --- Social welfare --- Social work --- Human services --- Philosophy. --- Human rights. --- Political philosophy. --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law and legislation --- Justícia social --- Drets humans --- Treball social --- Igualtat --- Desigualtat social --- Justícia ambiental --- Justícia distributiva --- Reparacions d'injustícies històriques --- Reivindicacions socials --- Drets de l'home --- Ciències polítiques --- Discriminació --- Dret constitucional --- Defensors dels drets humans --- Detenció de persones --- Dret a l'alimentació --- Dret a la salut --- Dret a la vida --- Dret a un judici just --- Dret al treball --- Drets fonamentals --- Drets humans (Dret internacional) --- Drets sexuals --- Drets socials --- Drets culturals --- Llibertat --- Servei social --- Centres d'acolliment --- Comunicació en treball social --- Treball social basat en l'evidència --- Treball social comunitari --- Treball social de casos --- Treball social familiar --- Treball social amb les persones amb discapacitat --- Treball social amb els drogoaddictes --- Treball social amb els immigrants --- Treball social amb els infants --- Treball social amb els joves --- Treball social amb els refugiats --- Treball social amb les persones grans --- Treball social amb les dones --- Treball social en justícia --- Treball social en salut mental --- Treballadors socials --- Voluntariat --- Benestar social --- Escoles de treball social --- Serveis socials --- Social service.