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Belchior-Rocha, H., Amaro, M. I., Ferreira, J., Rambaree, Komalsingh & Pieter Lievens (2021). Social Work and DeGrowth - a paradigm towards sustainability. ECSWE 2021 - European Conference on Social Work Education.

H. M. Rocha et al.,  "Social Work and DeGrowth - a paradigm towards sustainability", in ECSWE 2021 - European Conf. on Social Work Education, Tallin, 2021

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	author = "Belchior-Rocha, H. and Amaro, M. I. and Ferreira, J. and Rambaree, Komalsingh and Pieter Lievens",
	title = "Social Work and DeGrowth - a paradigm towards sustainability",
	year = "2021"
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Social Work and DeGrowth - a paradigm towards sustainability
T2  - ECSWE 2021 - European Conference on Social Work Education
AU  - Belchior-Rocha, H.
AU  - Amaro, M. I.
AU  - Ferreira, J.
AU  - Rambaree, Komalsingh
AU  - Pieter Lievens
PY  - 2021
CY  - Tallin
AB  - In the context of societal transformation, it becomes important to explore
ways in which sustainability can explicitly and effectively address one of the
root causes of social and environmental degradation, namely, the practice
of economic growth. The Degrowth perspective opposes a model of society
that focuses on infinite economic growth and the exploitation of the
planet's resources at all costs. Striving for a self-determined life in dignity
for all, includes deceleration, improvement of social well-being and equity.
it is a critical and alternative proposal to a model that has exceeded its
environmental and social limits and suits the ethical principles of Social
Work, mainly Ecosocial work. We find that sustainable Degrowth can be a
complementary way and a process to regulate, in a healthy way,
ecologically sustainable development. The global definition of SW explicitly
mentions that our profession does not subscribe to conventional wisdom
that economic growth is a prerequisite for social development. SW is aware
that the relation between social wellbeing and economic welfare is not
linear. But we don’t know what leaving economic growth means for the
profession, therefore this communication aims to present an alternative
approach based on the concept of eco-neighborhoods and the Ecosocial
model for Social Work showing how social workers can effectively articulate
Degrowth in their practices in community intervention and also a present
case from Mauritius.
ER  -