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Social work and the environment: an ecosocial approach. |
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International Journal of Social Welfare, 21(3), July 2012, pp.299-308. |
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1369-6866 |
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1468-2397 |
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The person-in-environment construct has guided social work to engage in the empowerment of the individual and society. However, it has been criticised for its exclusion of the natural world. This article re-examines social work’s ecosystems perspective and appeals for the person-in-environment configuration to be inclusive of the natural world. In doing so, it employs an interdisciplinary approach, blending insights from social work, ecopsychology and ecofeminism to explain human alienation from nature as the source of personal and environmental problems. It identifies insights from ecofeminism on the parallels between the oppression of women and domination of nature, and presents feminist ways of relating that may enhance connection with the planet as a whole. It introduces the concepts of empathy and empowerment from relational cultural theory as important ideas to integrate with social work's ecosystems perspective to promote deeper awareness of this connection. Finally, the ecosocial approach thus derived is examined as a means of promoting environmental sustainability at all levels of social work practice. |
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article; |
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ecological approach; empathy; empowerment; environment; feminist theory; multidisciplinary services; social work; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=8c76d6b3-a920-438b-9cac-6e4d55f3465b |
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