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Social Work and Climate Justice: International Perspectives (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781032060279)
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xThis book argues that climate justice is an urgent and defining global challenge with long-term implications for poverty reduction, livelihoods, community well-being, and sustainable development.
It provides a thorough overview of both fundamental and new directions of knowledge and policy directions in this less debated area within environmental social work. The chapters of this book offer both global and cross-country perspectives via case studies from India, Nepal, Ukraine, South Africa, and the USA, providing greater understanding, evidence, and strategies to achieve the resilience of vulnerable communities based on climate justice principles.
It will be required reading for all scholars, students, and social work professionals as well as those working in sustainability and community development.
Author: Devendraraj Madhanagopal
ISBN-10: 1032060271
ISBN-13: 9781032060279
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 10/28/2022
Pages: 198
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d
By Devendraraj Madhanagopal
xDevendraraj Madhanagopal (Ph.D.) is an Assistant Professor ( I ) in the School of Sustainability at XIM University (Odisha, India). He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Mumbai, India). He is the recipient of several international travel grants/fellowships. His works appear in Environment, Development and Sustainability & Metropolitics journals. He is the corresponding editor of the following edited books: i. Environment, Climate, and Social Justice: Perspectives and Practices from the Global South. Published by Springer Nature Singapore in 2022. ii. Climate Change and Risk in South and Southeast Asia: Sociopolitical Perspectives. Routledge, UK (Forthcoming).
Bala Raju Nikku (Ph.D.) is currently serving as an Assistant Professor of social work at Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Canada. He served as the founding director of the Nepal School of Social work from 2005 to 2011. Dr. Nikku served in the academia and grassroots social work practice in India, Nepal, Malaysia and held adjunct positions in the UK and Thailand.
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