Exploring the Nexus Between Social Work and the Environment

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11957785
AutoresJennifer Mckinnon (0000-0002-4455-7674, Charles Sturt University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen61
Número3
Páginas256-268
Fecha de publicación2008-08-06
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAustralian Social Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0312-407X • E-ISSN: 1447-0748
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03124070802178275
OpenAlexW1983864995
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas53
Referencias citadas11

Within social work discourse, “the environment” seems inevitably to refer to the sociocultural environment. Such a focus reflects the domain that social work has defined for itself through various codes of ethics, as well as the theory and practice focus of social workers. Over a long period of time, doubt has gradually been dispelled about the effect that humankind has had on the environment, and it is now largely accepted that global warming has an anthropogenic basis. The present paper examines the place of social work in a world that is trying to come to terms with various ecological disasters, not the least of which is climate change. Social work is cast as a profession that needs to become more aware of the ways in which society is embedded in the natural world and our physical environment as a whole. The issue of social sustainability is explored as a focus for the relevance of social work knowledge and practice in this time of environmental crisis

Nexus (standard · Political science · Sociology · Work (physics · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Computer Science · Engineering · Health disparities and outcomes · Health, psychology, and well-being · Social Work