Ga ngaandu gimbi-li yalagiirrma: (To whom it may concern)
Author(s)
Waters, Marcus
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2020
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The rise of neo-fascist politics and right-wing populist nationalism creates great challenges to social work. It focuses on a universal citizenship disguised as a pursuit of excellence based on values that benefit those most privileged. This denies the rights of ethnic and cultural minorities, those most vulnerable who sit outside this paradigm in not giving a true commitment to a just democratic society. This creates an increased environment of White supremacy that divides people on race, colour, gender and socioeconomic status (Johnson et al., 2017). Within such an environment social justice and human rights becomes almost ...
View more >The rise of neo-fascist politics and right-wing populist nationalism creates great challenges to social work. It focuses on a universal citizenship disguised as a pursuit of excellence based on values that benefit those most privileged. This denies the rights of ethnic and cultural minorities, those most vulnerable who sit outside this paradigm in not giving a true commitment to a just democratic society. This creates an increased environment of White supremacy that divides people on race, colour, gender and socioeconomic status (Johnson et al., 2017). Within such an environment social justice and human rights becomes almost obsolete where the most vulnerable are only discussed within orchestrated public protest uniting people who no longer feel supported by the ‘welfare arms of society’ (Roth, 2016) and are seen as outsiders Burrows (2016). As austerity politics ravage funding to social services and delivery to those most in need in maintaining social order at a benefit to those most privileged in separating Black and White, Aboriginal non-Aboriginal communities.
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View more >The rise of neo-fascist politics and right-wing populist nationalism creates great challenges to social work. It focuses on a universal citizenship disguised as a pursuit of excellence based on values that benefit those most privileged. This denies the rights of ethnic and cultural minorities, those most vulnerable who sit outside this paradigm in not giving a true commitment to a just democratic society. This creates an increased environment of White supremacy that divides people on race, colour, gender and socioeconomic status (Johnson et al., 2017). Within such an environment social justice and human rights becomes almost obsolete where the most vulnerable are only discussed within orchestrated public protest uniting people who no longer feel supported by the ‘welfare arms of society’ (Roth, 2016) and are seen as outsiders Burrows (2016). As austerity politics ravage funding to social services and delivery to those most in need in maintaining social order at a benefit to those most privileged in separating Black and White, Aboriginal non-Aboriginal communities.
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Book Title
The Challenge of Right-wing Nationalist Populism for Social Work: A Human Rights Approach
Volume
1
Subject
Political science
Sociology
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