SOCIAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:THE SEARCH FOR A MINIMUMCOMMON DENOMINATOR INDIFFERENCE -- SOCIAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY: THE SEARCH FOR A MINIMUM COMMON DENOMINATOR IN DIFFERENCE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CRITIC OF PURE INDIVIDUALISM -- HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL WORK -- MAPPING THE TERRAIN OF A RIGHTS-BASED PERSPECTIVE -- THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THEEUROPEAN SOCIAL CHARTER -- SOCIETY AS CONNECTEDNESS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES -SPONTANEOUS PROCESSES VERSUS COLLECTIVE ACTION -- Ad a -- Ad b -- HUMAN RIGHTS - A REALIST FRAMEWORK? -- THE CONTRIBUTIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- HUMAN RIGHTS AND THEIR RELEVANCE FORSOCIAL WORK AS THEORY, EDUCATION ANDPRACTICE -- I. THE INTEGRATION OF HUMANRIGHTS IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION -- 1. Human Rights as Additional Diagnostic Category for the Individual andSocietal Description of the Problems and Resources of Social Work Clients asVulnerable Groups -- 2. Human Rights and the Basic Scientific Disciplines of Social Work -- 3. Human Dignity and Human Rights, The Triple Mandate of Social Workand Social Rights -- 4. Actors, Resources, Procedures and Methods -- II. HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK -- Human Rights Education in Different Contexts -- Human Rights Practice on the Local and National Level -- Human Rights Practice Projects Abroad - on the International Level -- Human Rights as a Chance for Innovation at Work in the Agency -- Research Studies as Project Base for Activities after Having Accomplishedthe Master Studies -- Getting Acquainted and Dealing with National and International HumanRights Organisations -- REFERENCES -- THE CONSTRUCTION OF 'NON-NATIONALS' IN THE2004 IRISH CITIZENSHIP REFERENDUM:AN INSIGHT FROM A CRITICAL DISCOURSEANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA,METHODOLOGY AND DISCURSIVE STRATEGIES -- Discursive Strategies in Political Discourses on the Other.

THE NATIONAL, EUROPEAN ANDGLOBAL CONTEXT OF THE REFERENDUM -- The Irish Context -- The European Context -- The World Context -- Myths about Immigrants in Ireland -- KEY RESEARCH FINDINGS -- Mcdowell's 'Non-Nationals': An Ideological Lexical Choice -- An Irish Example of a Stereotypical Political Discourse on Immigration -- Unveiling the Ideological Construction of This Article -- A Case of Disguised Racist Discourse? -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- IDENTIFYING YOUTH WORK -'THE BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS' -- INTRODUCTION -- A QUESTION POSED FOR YOUTH WORK -- PERCEPTIONS OF YOUTH WORK -- A CROSS ROADS FOR YOUTH WORK IN IRELAND -- YOUTH WORK IN IRELAND -- DEFINING YOUTH WORK -- WHAT IS A YOUTH WORKER? -- THE YOUNG PERSON IN YOUTH WORK -- IS THERE SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR CALLED YOUTH WORK? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- YOUTH WORK AS SOCIAL WORK -ADANISH WAYOF QUALIFIED SOCIAL-PEDAGOGY WORKING WITHYOUNG PEOPLE -- ABSTRACT -- THE SOCIAL -- YOUTH IN AN ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- THE DIVISION OF VOLUNTEERS ANDPROFESSIONALS IN SOCIAL WORK -- US AND THEM -- DIVISION OF WORK AND DEMANDS FOR VOLUNTEERS! -- EVERYDAY SOCIAL LIFE PROFESSIONALIZED -- Loneliness an Example -- The Development of Loneliness -- Professional Demands: Education and Schooling -- Personal and Social Expectations and Demands -- WELFARE, HEALTH AND POLARISATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE POLITICS OF HEALTH PROMOTION IN IRELAND:HEALTH AND SMOKING IN OFFICIAL DISCOURSES -- INTRODUCTION -- CONSTRUCTING HEALTH: THE FOCUS ON HEALTH BEHAVIOUR -- STRATEGIES OF HEALTH PROMOTION -- The Role of Education -- Community Participation and Empowerment -- Targeting Social Groups -- ANTI-SMOKING STRATEGIES -- Smoking, Social Class and Gender -- Anti-Smoking Policy Initiatives -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

PROMOTING PARTNERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENTTHROUGH GROUPWORK: THE WAY FORWARD FORSOCIAL WORK EDUCATION' -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONTEXT: AGENCY COLLABORATION -- THE UNIVERSITY:FACILITATING GROUPWORK IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION -- THE SCHOOL:SOCIAL INCLUSION IN SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION -- THE FUNZONE GROUP: SOCIAL GROUPWORK IN PRACTICE -- WORKING CREATIVELY: SOCIAL GROUPWORK IN ACTION -- SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION: ISSUES AND POSSIBILITIES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CREATIVITY AND SOCIAL WORK -WORKINGTOWARDS EMPOWERMENT IN SOCIAL WORKPRACTICE -- THE IDEA -- THE WORK -- THE PRACTICE -- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- REFERENCES -- THE INTERFACE BETWEEN RESEARCH AND POLICYIN IRELAND: THE CASE OF POVERTY28 -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. POVERTY AND POLICY -- III.WHAT MAKES GOOD POLICY? -- IV. CASE STUDY 1: CHILD POVERTY35 -- V. CASE STUDY 2: SOCIAL EXPENDITURE IN IRELAND40 -- VI. POVERTY REDUCTION EFFECT -- VII. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- HUMAN SECURITY, GENDER AND GLOBALIZEDINTERCONNECTIVITY -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE GENEALOGY OF SECURITY -- III. SECURITY, IDENTITY AND GENDER: SEEDS OF CONFLICTSIN THE WESTPHALIAN STATE SYSTEM -- IV. INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND THE MODERNIZATION PROJECT:GENDERED, SEXUALIZED AND RACIALIZED BOUNDARIES -- IV. HUMAN SECURITY AND CARE: DEEPENING THE LINKS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.