Challenges of Violence Worldwide

Challenges of Violence Worldwide

An Educational Resource

Produced by the Violence & World Development Project

ISBN: 0-87101-269-3 | 64 pages | 1997 | Item no. 2693 | $19.99


Contents


PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Part 1

OVERVIEW: MAKING THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN VIOLENCE AND DEVELOPMENT

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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