ABSTRACT
This ground-breaking book is designed to raise awareness of human rights implications in psychology, and provide knowledge and tools enabling psychologists to put a human rights perspective into practice.
Psychologists have always been deeply engaged in alleviating the harmful consequences human rights violations have on individuals. However, despite the fundamental role that human rights play for professional psychology and psychologists, human rights education is underdeveloped in psychologists’ academic and vocational training. This book, the first of its kind, looks to change this, by:
- raising awareness among professional psychologists, university teachers and psychology students about their role as human rights promoters and protectors
- providing knowledge and tools enabling them to put a human rights perspective into practice
- providing texts and methods for teaching human rights.
Featuring chapters from leading scholars in the field, spanning 18 countries and six continents, the book identifies how psychologists can ensure they are practising in a responsible way, as well as contributing to wider society with a clear knowledge of human rights issues in relation to culture, gender, organisations and more.
Including hands-on recommendations, case studies and discussion points, this is essential reading for professional psychologists as part of continuing professional development and those in training and taking psychology courses.
For additional electronic resources for students and teachers, see the support material tab on the Routledge book page: https://www.routledge.com/Human-Rights-Education-for-Psychologists/Hagenaars-Plavsic-Sveaass-Wagner-Wainwright/p/book/9780367222963
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|76 pages
A human rights based-and-oriented psychology
chapter Chapter 1|16 pages
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
chapter Chapter 3|14 pages
Main human rights instruments and bodies, relevant for psychologists’ interventions
chapter Chapter 5|16 pages
Critical human rights-based approach to applied psychology
part II|71 pages
Psychology and social accountability
chapter Chapter 9|13 pages
Human rights in business and employment
chapter Chapter 10|14 pages
Social accountability and action orientation
part III|84 pages
Human rights and professional practice
chapter Chapter 13|14 pages
Forced migration
chapter Chapter 14|14 pages
Indigenous groups facing environmental racism
chapter Chapter 16|12 pages
Gender and war
part IV|42 pages
Human rights educational practice for psychologists