Social Work in War-Torn Contexts
“From that Moment There Was No Peace”
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Beschreibung
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. The topic is timely due to the increased number of armed political conflicts; the number of internally displaced people, refugees and asylum seekers; increased length of wars; and, consequently, increased number of civil victims, which contribute to an exponential growth in the demand for social work. As there are few updated texts on this issue, this book meets the considerable gap existing in the social work literature and includes updates as well as continuing trends.
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.
Social Work in War-Torn Contexts is an important and timely resource for social work and social science researchers, lecturers in different areas of social sciences, social work practitioners, as well as students. Politicians, war correspondents, international humanitarian organizations and volunteers also will find the book of interest.
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. The topic is timely due to the increased number of armed political conflicts; the number of internally displaced people, refugees and asylum seekers; increased length of wars; and, consequently, increased number of civil victims, which contribute to an exponential growth in the demand for social work. As there are few updated texts on this issue, this book meets the considerable gap existing in the social work literature and includes updates as well as continuing trends.
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.
Social Work in War-Torn Contexts is an important and timely resource for social work and social science researchers, lecturers in different areas of social sciences, social work practitioners, as well as students. Politicians, war correspondents, international humanitarian organizations and volunteers also will find the book of interest.
Analyses impact of wars on social workers who are citizens in the countries at war and explores shared traumatic reality Provides a unique and under-researched topic of social work in post-war societies Examines social workers' interventions in war and in post-war conflict-societies
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Shulamit Ramon
Themen in »Social Work in War-Torn Contexts«
Social work and war Social work and post-war societies Social work and peace Social work and political violence Social work and armed conflict Social work intervention and war refugees Social work and terror Social work and displaced people Social work justice and human rights Social work ethics and war Social work ethics and peace Shared traumatic reality Tuning in to the emotional aspects of wars Preparing social workers to work in war-torn contexts Impact of war on countries not at war
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“This book is therefore a timely reminder that social workers need to think about the people impacted by war and how that shapes the support we offer. … The book would be of interest to social workers supporting refugees and asylum seekers. However, 1 would urge all to read this incredibly timely and relevant examination of a subject area that is a constant and real threat.” (Shuli Greenstein, Professional Social Work Magazine, January-February, 2026)
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