Changing people's lives while transforming your own : paths to social justice and global human rights /
By: Kottler, Jeffrey A
Title By: Marriner, Mike
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BookPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2009.Description: xi, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).ISBN: 9780470227503 (pbk.); 0470227508 (pbk.)Subject(s): Social justice | Social action | Human rights | Social workDDC classification: 303.3/7209 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 303.37209 KO CH (Browse shelf) | Available | T0046212 |
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| 303.34082 WO ME Women as global leaders | 303.372 WA PO Policy and behavior in humanitarian organizations : | 303.372072 CH MA Making sense of the social world : | 303.37209 KO CH Changing people's lives while transforming your own : | 303.3720973 KL RA Race and social change : | 303.375 BE PR Propaganda | 303.375 JO PR Propaganda & persuasion / |
+ 1 CD-ROM.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239).
Part I: Birth of a movement -- Paths to social justice -- The dance of hope -- Children disappearing -- Stories of despair and resilience -- Part II: Stories of impact -- Road trip -- Being lost -- Student transformations -- Making universal connections -- Lessons and major themes -- Part III: Taking action -- Relationship skills for promoting constructive action -- Travel that can change your life -- International jetsetters -- Local community activists -- Thinking globally, acting locally -- Going small.
Shares the experiences of a variety of people, including faculty, students, and professionals from different fields, who have been transformed by their work with others who have been victims of injustice or poverty or were in need; and introduces the concepts of social justice, global human rights, service learning, community activism, and altruism.
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Adult.