- Title
- Social work and environmental advocacy
- Creator
- Alston, Margaret
- Relation
- Community Practice and Social Development in Social Work p. 171-188
- Relation
- Social Work
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6969-8_9
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- This chapter discusses the importance of environmental advocacy for social work. It does this by assessing the nature of environmental disasters and the consequences for people and the places in which they live. The chapter examines the impact of climate changes, environmental disasters, populations movements, food and water security, and rising fundamentalism and notes the critical significance of rurality and gender in the context of widespread environmental uncertainty. These factors are shaping a world where food and water security are threatened in many parts of the world and thus have not only destabilized national governments but are challenging the geopolitical landscape. The chapter discusses the impacts for social work, drawing out the complexities inherent in social work’s relationship to the state and the way this might constrain our responses to environmental challenges particularly with the dominance of neoliberal ideological positions shaping and constraining policy development. Nonetheless, the chapter notes the need for social workers to engage in environmental advocacy and to prioritize the environment in social work practice.
- Subject
- evnironment; advocacy; climate change; disaster; population movement; water security
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1443924
- Identifier
- uon:42144
- Identifier
- ISBN:9789811369681
- Language
- eng
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