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Ecosocial Work and Sustainability Transitions
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About this book
Sustainable development and ecosocial work have become one of the most dynamic global debates of the social work profession. How can social work contribute to the sustainability transitions of European societies? Bringing together a diverse group of researchers from around the world, this book offers an analysis of the main theoretical insights on ecosocial work, the contribution of social work research to transdisciplinary research on sustainability and how social workers can already bring the ecological dimension into their daily practice. Incorporating new research evidence from the ASTRA project, the wide range of contributors dive deep into the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of ecosocial work, providing valuable insights for researchers, students, activists and practitioners.
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Front Matter
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Contents
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Notes on contributors
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Funding and disclaimers
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Deepening and broadening ecosocial thinking, research and practices: an introduction
1 - PART I Theoretical enrichments of ecosocial work
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1 Theories of ecosocial work addressing the contribution of social work in sustainability transitions
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2 Social work in a postgrowth society: critical encounters with modernity’s ambiguities
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3 Social-ecological provisioning as economic social work practice
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4 Addressing social sustainability in social work research
67 - PART II Ecosocial transitions and social work research
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5 A European ecosocial work research agenda starting from a more radical identity of social work research
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6 Decolonising social work research and knowledge: transdisciplinary approaches and ecosocial perspectives in practice
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7 The agency of social work in the research of sustainability transitions: a multilevel perspective
119 - PART III Ecosocial work practices
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8 Perspectives, methodologies and institutional arrangements for ecosocial transformation in social work
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9 Social sustainability and the crisis of care: Western European ‘care extractivism’ in South East Europe
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10 The social and solidarity economy and social work in Belgium: a joint pathway for sustainable transitions
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11 Unravelling the role of frontline personnel in socioeconomic integration programmes developed by Work Integration Social Enterprises in the Walloon region of Belgium
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12 Exploring nature-based interventions as an ecosocial method in social work: insights from Ireland, Finland and Italy
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13 Sustainability, alignment and social work
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14 From the standpoint of water: how water and water justice could push social work further and deeper
256 - PART IV Concluding remarks
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15 Future directions for ecosocial work
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Index
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