Promoting Healthy Human Relationships in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Social Work and Social Development Perspectives
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Book Overview
Section One - Conceptual Underpinnings
This section serves as a basis for the conceptual foundation of the book. The conceptual and theoretical moorings of the book are advanced in this section to, among other issues, guide the discussions of the book. They also serve as anchors of the book's points of departure.
Chapter One -
Introduction and overviewConceptual and theoretical premises of the bookSection Two - Interpersonal Relationships
This section highlights the people-to-people interactions from different race, cultural, class, and other backgrounds that continue to shape and mold the standing of the society's overall human relationships. It seeks to show how the breakdown or erosion of healthy human relationships between the different cited persons or groups has resulted in social ills. The section also seeks to bring forth solutions to the former.
Chapter Two - Race and promotion of healthy human relationships
Chapter Three - Gender and promotion of healthy human relationships
Chapter Four - Promoting healthy human relationships with sub-Saharan African immigrants
Chapter Five - Refugees and asylum seekers from sub-Saharan African countries and the promotion of healthy human relationships
Section Three - Culture and Ethnic Background
This section closely examines the manner in which culture and ethnic background shape and contribute to the promotion or corrosion of healthy human relationships in contemporary South Africa. It also brings to the forefront solutions to deal with deficits in this area. The next four sections are also apply a similar manner of examination.
Chapter Six - Ethnic background
Chapter Seven - Values, mores, and traditions
Chapter Eight - Customs, attitudes, and patterns of socialisation
Section Four - Individuals, Families, Groups, and Communities
Chapter Nine - Children, youth, and older persons
Chapter Ten - People with disabilities
Chapter Eleven - Families and human relationships
Chapter Twelve - Fostering healthy human relationships at the community level
Section Five - Practice and Training of Social Service Professionals
Chapter Thirteen - Social work education and promoting healthy human relationships
Chapter Fourteen - Social work practice and promoting healthy human relationships
Section Six - Policy and Legislation
Chapter Fifteen - The Constitution and healthy human relationships
Chapter Sixteen - Legislation and healthy human relationships
Chapter Seventeen - Public policy and healthy human relationships
Chapter Eighteen - Social policy, social protection, and healthy human relationships
Section Seven - Conclusion
Chapter Nineteen - Concluding chapter
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