The Challenge of Right-wing Nationalist Populism for Social Work: A Human Rights Approach - Paperback

by Carolyn Noble (Editor), Goetz Ottmann (Editor)

Nationalist populism poses direct attacks on social tolerance, human rights discourse, political debates, the survival of the welfare state, impacting on the roles of social work. This book demonstrates how nationalist populism can and must be countered.

Author Biography

Carolyn Noble is Former Associate Dean and Foundation Professor of Social Work at ACAP in Sydney and Emertia Professor of Social Work at Victoria University, Melbourne. She is author and co-author of several books and many chapters and peer-reviewed articles. Her research interests include social work theory, philosophy and ethics, work-based learning, professional supervision and gender justice. She is editor-in-chief of open access social issues magazine for IASSW. www.socialdialogue.online.

Goetz Ottmann is Associate Professor of Social Work at the Australian College of Applied Psychology in Sydney. He has published extensively on a range of topic including the construction of citizenship in countries within the context of under-developed welfare states and the impact of participatory budgeting and policy making on the development of effective welfare services. He has published three books and numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.