Human Rights and Social Justice
Social Action and Service for the Helping and Health Professions
(Revised and Expanded Third Edition)
©2023, 544 pages
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Offering a unique perspective that views human rights as the foundation of social justice, the third edition of Joseph Wronka’s groundbreaking text (with instructor’s manual) outlines human rights and social justice concerns as a powerful conceptual framework for policy and practice interventions, that are both proactive and reactive, for the helping and health professions. This highly accessible, interdisciplinary (if not phenomenological) text urges the creation of a human rights culture described as a “lived awareness” of human rights principles, including human dignity; nondiscrimination; civil and political; economic, social, cultural, and solidarity rights.
This third edition has been updated robustly and covers some of the most pressing issues facing our world today, such as COVID-19, the growth of white supremacy in the U.S., extreme right populism, increasing mental illness and substance abuse, and destruction of natural habitats. The author has also incorporated more examples outside the U.S., reflecting the ever-increasing connectivity of our world.
This text is applicable for a variety of courses within the disciplines of social work, psychology, sociology, public health, law, medicine, philosophy, political science, as well as the “newer” disciplines like peace studies, diversity and inclusion, world citizenship, and sustainable development. Scholars, activists, and practitioners will find it a valuable reference for years to come.
Offering a unique perspective that views human rights as the foundation of social justice, the third edition of Joseph Wronka’s groundbreaking text (with instructor’s manual) outlines human rights and social justice concerns as a powerful conceptual framework for policy and practice interventions, that are both proactive and reactive, for the helping and health professions. This highly accessible, interdisciplinary (if not phenomenological) text urges the creation of a human rights culture described as a “lived awareness” of human rights principles, including human dignity; nondiscrimination; civil and political; economic, social, cultural, and solidarity rights.
This third edition has been updated robustly and covers some of the most pressing issues facing our world today, such as COVID-19, the growth of white supremacy in the U.S., extreme right populism, increasing mental illness and substance abuse, and destruction of natural habitats. The author has also incorporated more examples outside the U.S., reflecting the ever-increasing connectivity of our world.
This text is applicable for a variety of courses within the disciplines of social work, psychology, sociology, public health, law, medicine, philosophy, political science, as well as the “newer” disciplines like peace studies, diversity and inclusion, world citizenship, and sustainable development. Scholars, activists, and practitioners will find it a valuable reference for years to come.
Joseph Wronka (Ph.D., Brandeis University) is Professor in the School of Social Work and Behavioral Sciences, Springfield College, Massachusetts; Representative to the United Nations in New York for the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW); and on the Executive Committee of the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. A Fulbright Scholar, he has published widely in scholarly and popular fora, and presented his work in roughly eighteen countries. His website is www.humanrightsculture.org.
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"Wronka’s updated book is of considerable relevance for educators, human rights activists, health professionals, and many who just want
to understand how to apply human rights in concrete situations....This book is a tour de force. I urge you to read it, live it, and implement it
so that we can move toward a global culture for human rights for every person, everywhere."
From the Foreword by Dr. Alfred de Zayas
Praise for the Previous Editions
"Human Rights and Social Justice is a compendium of ideas, reflections, strategies, and insights--a great resource for learners and enjoyable read for the curious."
Ana M. Sobocan, University of Ljubljana
"Joseph Wronka is truly a social work scholar and visionary of integrating human rights in the helping and health professions. His transdisciplinary approach offers a tangible model to realizing rights for all people in all places."
Tina Maschi, Fordham University
"A must-read for anyone in the helping professions who is interested in human rights and social justice."
Margaret Lombe, Boston College
"The background and history of human rights is superior to other textbooks that I have seen in this area."
Jessica Jablonski, Walden University
"This book is a must for those who are working to make human rights an overarching way of life around the world."
Shulamith Koenig, Founding President of the People's Decade for Human Rights Learning and Recipient of the 2003 United Nations Human Rights Award and 2011 Mikhail Gorbachev Human Rights Award
From the Foreword by Dr. Alfred de Zayas
Praise for the Previous Editions
"Human Rights and Social Justice is a compendium of ideas, reflections, strategies, and insights--a great resource for learners and enjoyable read for the curious."
Ana M. Sobocan, University of Ljubljana
"Joseph Wronka is truly a social work scholar and visionary of integrating human rights in the helping and health professions. His transdisciplinary approach offers a tangible model to realizing rights for all people in all places."
Tina Maschi, Fordham University
"A must-read for anyone in the helping professions who is interested in human rights and social justice."
Margaret Lombe, Boston College
"The background and history of human rights is superior to other textbooks that I have seen in this area."
Jessica Jablonski, Walden University
"This book is a must for those who are working to make human rights an overarching way of life around the world."
Shulamith Koenig, Founding President of the People's Decade for Human Rights Learning and Recipient of the 2003 United Nations Human Rights Award and 2011 Mikhail Gorbachev Human Rights Award
