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The environment and social work: an overview and introduction. |
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International Journal of Social Welfare, 21(3), July 2012, pp.230-238. |
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1369-6866 |
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1468-2397 |
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This guest editorial provides an introduction to this journal special issue on the subject of environmental social work. It provides an overview and analysis of social work's engagement with the modern environmental movement. Social work was late to engage with the environmental movement, partly due to the dominance of US social work literature with its primarily therapeutic focus. The article discusses major trends and themes in environmental social work scholarship and the significance of interdisciplinarity. Attention is drawn to the importance of a broad knowledge base and of working in unison with other professions in order to respond effectively to the many dimensions of climate change and environmental degradation. Responding to the challenges of environmental destruction has opened opportunities for the profession to review its foundational knowledge and obligations to people and environments. The articles in this special issue are introduced; these include theoretical frameworks, examples and case studies of what social workers are doing, or might do, in relation to environmental and educational initiatives. |
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article; |
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ecological approach; environment; social work; social work history; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=3e4acf45-3cec-491f-b4e5-19d89f610a0b |
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