Challenges of Violence Worldwide

Challenges of Violence Worldwide

A Curriculum Module

Produced by the Violence & World Development Project

ISBN: 0-87101-268-5 | 128 pages | 1997 | Item no. 2685 | $23.99


Contents


PREFACE

Acknowledgments

Part 1
Overview: Making the Connections between violence and development

Chapter 1-1 - Curriculum

General Objectives
Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Social Work Theory and Practice
Social Welfare Policy
Research
Field Practicum
Exercise 1 - Videotape:Challenge of Violence
Exercise 2 - Research Assignment:Refugees
Exercise 3 - Class Discussion: The Global South
Exercise 4 - Questions and Answers:International Development
Exercise 5 - Writing Assignment: Media Coverage
Exercise 6 - Pro and Con Position Paper
References
For Further Reading

Chapter 1-2 - Educational Resource

Key Concepts
In Today's World, Inequities Abound
Violence and Development: Making the Connection
Reducing Violence through Sustainable Human Development
Implications for Social Workers
What You Can Do
References
Additional Resources

Part 2
Poverty: ensuring enough for everyone

Chapter 2-1 - Curriculum

General Objectives
Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Social Work Theory and Practice
Social Welfare Policy
Research
Field Practicum
Case Study - A Bank for the Poor
Case Study - What One Can Learn from India
Exercise 1 - Experiential Classroom Exercise
Exercise 2 - Discussion of the Myths about Hunger
Exercise 3 - Writing Assignment:The United States and the Global South
Exercise 4 - Short Lecture and Quiz on Dispelling Myths
Reference
For Further Reading

Chapter 2-2 - Educational Resource

Poverty Defined
What Causes Poverty?
Poverty, Violence, and Development: Making Connections
Case Studies
Alleviating Poverty through Sustainable Human Development
Case Studies
Myths about Hunger
Myths about Poverty and International Development
What You Can Do
References
Additional Resources

Part 3
Violence against women and children: Beyond a family affair

Chapter 3-1 - Curriculum

General Objectives
Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Social Work Theory and Practice
Social Welfare Policy
Research
Field Practicum
Case Study - Nicaragua
Case Study - Kerala, India
Exercise 1 - Writing Assignment:Addressing Family Violence
Exercise 2 - Writing Assignment:Status of Women
Exercise 3 - Gender Analysis
Reference
For Further Reading

Chapter 3-2 - Educational Resource

Gender Violence: A Global Problem
Violence against Children
Obstacles to Development
Why Raise the Status of Women?
Sustainable Human Development: An Antidote to Violence against Women and Children
Case Studies
What You Can Do
References
Additional Resources

Part 4
ETHNICITY: A RICH, DIVERSE WORLD

Chapter 4-1 - Curriculum

General Objectives
Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Social Work Theory and Practice
Social Welfare Policy
Research
Field Practicum
Exercise 1 - Case Studies and Short Lecture:Hate Crimes
Exercise 2 - Case Study:Conflict Resolution
Exercise 3 - Short Lecture and Quiz:Immigration
References
For Further Reading

Chapter 4-2 - Educational Resource

Ethnicity and Ethnoviolence Defined
Types of Hate Crimes
Case Studies
Ethnoviolence: A Global Problem
Ethnoviolence and Development: Making the Connection
Sustainable Human Development: An Antidote to Ethnoviolence
Civil Society: Giving Power to the People
What You Can Do
References
Additional Resources

Part 5
DRUG ABUSE: ENDING THE GLOBAL EPIDEMIC

Chapter 5-1 - Curriculum

General Objectives
Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Social Work Theory and Practice
Social Welfare Policy
Research
Field Practicum
Assessment of Case Studies
Exercise 1 - Role Playing and Discussion: Three Vignettes
Exercise 2 - Writing Assignment and Class Debate: The Drug Problem
Other Suggested Assignments and Exercises
Human Behavior in the Social Environment
For Further Reading

Chapter 5-2 - Educational Resource

The Power of Crack Cocaine
Drug-Related Violence: A Global Affliction
Case Studies
One Source of Hope: The Entrepreneurial Development Institute
Curtailing Drug-Related Violence through Sustainable Human Development
What You Can Do
References
Additional Resources

Part 6
TRAUMA: SURVIVAL IS VICTORY

Chapter 6-1 - Curriculum

General Objectives
Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Social Work Theory and Practice
Social Welfare Policy
Research
Field Practicum
Exercise 1 - Classroom Discussion: Vignettes
Exercise 2 - Writing Assignment:Refugee Children
Exercise 3 - Developing Intervention Strategies
Exercise 4 - Case Studies: Violence-Related Trauma
Exercise 5 - Writing Assignment: Mozambican Women and Children
Reference
For Further Reading

Chapter 6-2 - Educational Resource

What Is Trauma?
Three Causes of Trauma
The Effects of Unresolved Trauma: Roadblocks to Development
Toward Solution: Approaches to Healing
Case Studies
References
Additional Resources

INDEX

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