1st Edition
The Routledge International Handbook of Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals
The Routledge International Handbook of Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals answers the question: What is the contribution of social development and social work to the Sustainable Development Goals? The success of these goals requires implementation, and each of the 17 objectives for sustainable social progress have a social dimension. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), like the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) before them, were born of a larger social development movement which over the last 25 years has become increasingly mainstream in the fields of international development, sustainability, and social work. These practitioners are essential to the implementation of the SDGs. This handbook examines how the SDGs are being implemented in diverse contexts.
No previous work has surveyed social development and social work’s contribution to the SDGs nor represented voices from the Global South on the SDGs. This book broadens the current literature by focusing on key sites throughout the Global South and featuring underrepresented voices from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. These regions are vitally important to assessing the SDGs, as this is where innovative social development projects are occurring, and where social workers are playing a leading role in achieving the SDGs. The book is divided into eight parts:
• Context of Social Development, Social Work, and the SDGs
• Perspectives on the SDGs
• Case Studies on Engagement with the SDG Agenda
• Case Studies on Ending Poverty
• Case Studies on Health and Well-Being
• Case Studies on Gender Equality
• Case Studies on Climate and Sustainability
• Case Studies on Governance, Peace, and Justice
It comprises 35 newly written chapters by 74 authors. It will be of interest to a broad interdisciplinary audience of scholars, educators, and students in the fields of social development, social welfare, social work, social policy, human rights, international relations, political science, international affairs, sustainability, community development, area studies, and development studies.
Chapter One – Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals
David Androff and Janianton Damanik
Part I – Context of Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals
Chapter Two – Historical and Theoretical Perspectives on the Sustainable Development Goals
James Midgley
Chapter Three – Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development: Working in Partnership Towards Sustainable Development Goals
Antoinette Lombard
Chapter Four – Social Work Education’s Contribution to the SDGs
Annamaria Campanini
Part II – Perspectives on the Sustainable Development Goals
Chapter Five – Achieving Goal One of the SDGs: Social Development and Social Work Responses to Poverty Reduction in the Global South
Leila Patel
Chapter Six – Gender and the Sustainable Development Goals: Envisioning a Transformative Social Work Agenda
Arati Maleku, Shambika Raut, and Njeri Kagotho
Chapter Seven – Environmental and Climate Sustainability: The New Frontier of Social Justice
Andreas Rechkemmer
Chapter Eight – Sustainable Development Goal 10: The Challenge of Reducing Inequality
Lynne M. Healy
Chapter Nine – Transformation to Eco-Social Governance – Social Work and the United Nations
Priska Fleischlin
Chapter Ten – (International) Migration and the SDGs
Nicola Piper, Jenna Hennebry, and Branka Likić-Brborić
Chapter Eleven – Re-evaluating Implementation of SDGs for Social Development that Addresses Afrophobia Through a Reparative Justice Framework
H. B. Adediran Olaiya and Jared O. Bell
Part III - Case Studies on Engagement with the SDG Agenda
Chapter Twelve – Sustainable Development Goals: Milestones, Barriers, and Opportunities for Social Work Practice in Ghana
Mavis Dako-Gyeke et al.
Chapter Thirteen – Moving Toward the Fulfilment of the SDGs: The Case of Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Thai Lan, Bui Thanh Minh, and Cu Chi Loi
Chapter Fourteen – Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals in the United Arab Emirates
Abdulaziz Albrithen
Chapter Fifteen – Social Work, COVID-19 and the Sustainable Development Goals: A South African Perspective
Vishanthie Sewpaul
Chapter Sixteen – Sustainable Development Goals for Children and Adolescents in Chile: Progress and Pending Debts
Mahia Saracostti and Belen Sotomayor
Part IV - Case Studies on Ending Poverty
Chapter Seventeen – SDGs in Action: A Case Study from Thailand
Jitti Mongkolnchaiarunya and Pongtape Suntigul
Chapter Eighteen – 2030 SDGs in Argentina. A Look at State Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Silvana Martínez and Mario Villarreal
Chapter Nineteen – Sustainable Development in Changing Society – An Example of the Republic of Croatia
Nino Žganec, Ana Opačić, and Gordana Berc
Chapter Twenty – Rapid Development and Community Transitions for SDG in Indonesia
Bambang Shergi Laksmono
Part V - Case Studies on Health and Wellbeing
Chapter Twenty-one – A Collaborative Agenda for Health and Well-being in Uganda: Medical Social Workers Working with a Community Church
Venesio Bwambale Bhangyi et al.
Miyuki Inaba
Chapter Twenty-three – Role of Social Work in Achieving Social Development Goals (SDGs) in Sri Lanka: Issues and Challenges
Chandani Liyanage and Shamini Attanayake
Chapter Twenty-four – Social Work and Sustainable Development Goals: An Indian Perspective
Ruchi Sinha, Srilatha Juvva, and Vimla Nadkarni
Part VI – Case Studies on Gender Equality
Chapter Twenty-five – Towards Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality in Namibia in the Past, Present, and Future
Janetta Ananias et al.
Chapter Twenty-six – Women’s Role in Shaping Social Welfare in the State of Qatar
Alyaa Al-Maadeed and Soleman Abu-Bader
Chapter Twenty-seven – UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and Violence against Women in Kyrgyzstan
Jildyz Urbaeva et al.
Chapter Twenty-eight – Poverty Alleviation Takes Shape in Guizhou, China: An Innovative, Industry-Led, Ecologically-Friendly Initiative
Yunyu Xiao and Julian Chun-Chung Chow
Chapter Twenty-nine – Clean Water, Sustainable Development, and Social Work: The Case of Costa Rica
Cindy Calvo
Chapter Thirty – Social Workers’ Role in Advancing Sustainable Development Goals in Rural Nigeria: The Case of Umuebu Neighborhood House
Sunday Ofili Ibobor and Solomon Amadasun
Part VIII – Case Studies on Governance, Peace, and Justice
Chapter Thirty-one – SDGs in Colombia: Lights and Shadows Between a Peace Agreement and a Pandemic
Consuelo Uribe-Mallarino and Julia Eslava-Rincon
Chapter Thirty-two – Mapping the Philippines’ Performance on Selected SDGs: The Social Work Lens
Suzanne M. Nazal et al.
Aytakin Huseynli
Chapter Thirty-four – Advocacy for Implementation of SDGs in Brazil: A Case Study of the Civil Society Working Group for the 2030 Agenda
João Bôsco Hora Góis and Francisco José Mendes Duarte
Conclusion
Chapter Thirty-five - Waking Up in 2030: Implications for Implementing the SDGs
David Androff and Janianton Damanik
Biography
David Androff is Professor and Associate Director for Doctoral Education of the Arizona State University School of Social Work, USA. His research focuses on human rights, social development, and immigrants and refugees. He is the author of Refugee Solutions in the Age of Global Crisis: Human Rights, Integration, and Sustainable Development published in 2022. He was elected Fellow of the Society for Social Work and Research in 2023 and received the Partners in Advancing Education for International Social Work Award from the Global Commission of the Council on Social Work Education in 2022.
Janianton Damanik is Professor at the Department of Social Development and Welfare, Universitas of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. He is a member of the International Consortium of Social Development and Indonesian Association of Social Development and has many international publications on social development issues, poverty reduction, and sustainable tourism. His current research interest is community development and livelihoods.
