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Rethinking anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive theories for social work practice /

Contributor(s): Cocker, Christine [editor.] | Hafford-Letchfield, Trish [editor.].
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014Description: xvi, 270 pages ; 27 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 113702397X; 9781137023971:; 9781137023971.Subject(s): Social work with minorities -- Great BritainDDC classification: 362.84 COC
Contents:
Power -- Social work identity, power and selfhood : a re-imagining / Priscilla Dunk-West -- Judith Butler, power and social work / Loraine Green and Brid Featherstone -- Law, professional ethics and anti-oppressive social work / Siobahn E. Laird -- Working with young separated asylum seekers / Shamser Sinha, Rachel Burr and Alex Sutton -- Discourse -- Ableism as transformative practice / Fiona Kumari Campbell -- Critical analysis of service user struggles / Stephen Cowden and Gurnam Singh -- Research ethics : an indigenous Fijian project / litea Meo-Sewabu -- Subjectivity -- subject of social work : towards a new perspective on discrimination / Stephen A. Webb -- Critical perspectives on intersectionality / Sarah Carr -- Racism, sectarianism and social work / Claudia Bernard and Jim Campbell -- Deconstruction -- Deconstructing the language of anti-oppressive practice in social work / Danielle Turney -- Transcending the politics of 'difference' and 'diversity'? / Paul Michael Garrett -- Deconstructing the family / Stephen Hicks -- Deconstructing sexuality in anti-oppressive practice / Dharman Jeyasingham.
Summary: For years anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice have been embedded in the social work landscape. Thinking beyond the mainstream approaches, this book critically examines some of the core concepts and issues in social work, providing fresh perspectives and opportunities for educators, students and practitioners of social work.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-262) and index.

pt. I. Power -- Social work identity, power and selfhood : a re-imagining / Priscilla Dunk-West -- Judith Butler, power and social work / Loraine Green and Brid Featherstone -- Law, professional ethics and anti-oppressive social work / Siobahn E. Laird -- Working with young separated asylum seekers / Shamser Sinha, Rachel Burr and Alex Sutton -- pt. II. Discourse -- Ableism as transformative practice / Fiona Kumari Campbell -- Critical analysis of service user struggles / Stephen Cowden and Gurnam Singh -- Research ethics : an indigenous Fijian project / litea Meo-Sewabu -- pt. III. Subjectivity -- subject of social work : towards a new perspective on discrimination / Stephen A. Webb -- Critical perspectives on intersectionality / Sarah Carr -- Racism, sectarianism and social work / Claudia Bernard and Jim Campbell -- pt. IV. Deconstruction -- Deconstructing the language of anti-oppressive practice in social work / Danielle Turney -- Transcending the politics of 'difference' and 'diversity'? / Paul Michael Garrett -- Deconstructing the family / Stephen Hicks -- Deconstructing sexuality in anti-oppressive practice / Dharman Jeyasingham.

For years anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice have been embedded in the social work landscape. Thinking beyond the mainstream approaches, this book critically examines some of the core concepts and issues in social work, providing fresh perspectives and opportunities for educators, students and practitioners of social work.

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