Lynne M. Healy
This remarkable collection is a 'must read' for any professional interested in human rights. It brings the work of the most distinguished social work experts on human rights from diverse countries together in a single volume of global relevance. Comprehensive in scope, Challenges in Human Rights addresses human rights theory, legal frameworks, issues in human rights practice and advocacy, human rights of special populations, and the always thorny dilemma of universalism versus cultural relativism.
— Lynne M. Healy, professor and director, Center for International Social Work Studies, University of Connecticut School of Social Work
Hank Liese MSW
The timing of Elisabeth Reichert's reader is excellent, given the growing recognition by the social work profession of the important connection between human rights and social justice, the latter being one of social work's foundational values and guiding principles.
— Hank Liese MSW, Ph.D.,, associate professor, College of Social Work, University of Utah
Charles Zastrow
In this groundbreaking text, Elisabeth Reichert and the contributing authors address the paucity of social work literature on human rights and the critical importance of correcting this lack. The text facilitates infusing human rights' principles into social work practice and social welfare policies and defintions of human rights are provided. The text correctly asserts that a human rights approach emphasizes a perspective that advocates a focus from the 'needs' of an indiviudual to the 'rights' of an individual. For example, under the United Nation's Declaration of Human Rights, the United States is obligated to provide helath care to every legal resident. The human rights approach is applied to many areas in this text, including: the creation of a human rights culture, community activism, poverty, the rights of women, and the well-being of children.
— Charles Zastrow, George Williams College of Aurora University
MSW - Hank Liese
The timing of Elisabeth Reichert's reader is excellent, given the growing recognition by the social work profession of the important connection between human rights and social justice, the latter being one of social work's foundational values and guiding principles.
