Social Work in War-Torn Contexts

"From that Moment There Was No Peace". Edited by Shulamit Ramon and Darja Zavirsek.

This book provides a wide-ranging exposure of current developments related to war-torn contexts, post-war societies and social work approaches as well as analysis of the key issues facing social work in war contexts. Currently a huge number of countries are in a state of war in different continents, some of which have gone on for more than a decade. Inevitably this fact has considerable implications for their social workers as well as for the people they serve, with social workers in these countries sharing the reality of the war as citizens. The war experience is known to have long-lasting, intergenerational impacts. It also has a strong impact on the many other countries that receive refugees and asylum seekers and/or support militarily another country at war and/or refuse to support it. The book’s country-focused chapters on Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Northern Ireland, Serbia, South Sudan, Syria, UK and Ukraine cover major topics including: The contexts of armed political conflicts from a social work perspective; The impact of war on disadvantaged individuals and groups; Forced migration; Post-war societies and post-war reconstructions from a social work perspective; The ethical issues related to war and peace from a social work perspective; The implication for social work education and research. XIX,275 Seiten mit vier Farb- und 7 s/w-Abb., gebunden (Springer 2025) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear