| Description |
1 online resource (367 p.) |
| Series |
Indigenous and Environmental Social Work Series |
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Indigenous and environmental social work series.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- PART I: Theoretical Perspectives − Ubuntu and Decolonising Social Work -- 1. Decolonising social work fields of practice: An introduction -- 2. Ubuntu: An overview -- 3. Ubuntu in international social work -- PART II: Ubuntu and Decolonising Social Work Ethics and Fieldwork -- 4. Ubuntu and decolonising Biestek's (1957) seven principles of the casework relationship |
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5. Ubuntu principles: Unethically ethical? Decolonising social work values and ethics in Social Work practice and research -- 6. Decolonising social work fieldwork education in Africa: Approaches, challenges and prospects -- PART III: Ubuntu and Social Work with Families -- 7. Ubuntu social work with individuals and families: A process model -- 8. Collective child-rearing in Igboland as a panacea to juvenile delinquency: A philosophical analysis -- 9. Ubuntu in gerontological social work: A community-led care model |
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10. Community solidarity and intergenerational relationships in the care of older people in Africa -- 11. Philosophies guiding the model of care for older adults in traditional Igbo society: A guide for social work decolonisation agenda -- PART IV: Ubuntu and Environmental Social Work -- 12. The efficacy of Ubuntu on environmental social work in Africa -- 13. Leveraging Ubuntu philosophy as a vehicle for promoting environmental justice in Zimbabwe -- 14. Enhancing environmental conditions of slum settlement dwellers in Africa: Putting Ubuntu and community social work into perspective |
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15. Ubuntu and social work in emergencies: Opportunities for community-based disaster risk management in Zimbabwe -- PART V: Ubuntu and Other Fields of Practice -- 16. Ubuntu-informed approaches to address Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Scope, rationale and implications for Social Work -- 17. Towards decolonisation of social work practice in response to the drug abuse problem in Africa -- 18. Ubuntu philosophy and sexual behaviours in Zimbabwe: Implications for social work |
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19. "Agbajo owo la fin soya ajeji owo kan ko gbe eru de ori": A social work perspective on the collective action of the EndSARS protest in Nigeria -- PART VI: Looking Ahead -- 20. Ubuntu-inspired tools and models to decolonise social work practice -- 21. Conclusion: Furthering decolonising social work in Africa -- Glossary -- Index |
| Summary |
This book addresses a recurrent gap in social work literature by examining Ubuntu as an Indigenous African philosophy that informs social work beyond the largely residual and individualistic conceptualisation of social work that currently prevails in many contexts |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Social service -- Practice -- Africa
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Social work education -- Africa
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Ubuntu (Philosophy)
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Social service -- Practice
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Social work education
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Ubuntu (Philosophy)
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tusasiirwe, Sharlotte
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Mugumbate, Rugare
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| ISBN |
9781000965599 |
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1000965597 |
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