Working Across Difference
Social Work, Social Policy and Social Justice
Published on 10. May 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
XX, 272 pages
978-1-352-00640-7 (ISBN)
Description
Social Workers in Australia are increasingly called upon to work across social differences in ways that promote social justice and challenge growing inequity, and anti-oppressive practice has been put at the heart of qualifying programmes. In this exciting new collection, some of Australia's leading social work academics explore working across so-called human differences within the context of contemporary social work.
By drawing on the insights and theories of people who have been positioned as 'different', the authors use practice vignettes and original data to provide ways to join theory and practice, with a primary focus on thinking about how to change patterns of social difference.
Whether a social work student or an experienced practitioner, Working Across Differences is essential reading for anyone who values anti-oppressive practice and social justice.
Reviews / Votes
Working with difference is essential for all social work. This book explores many areas of knowledge and practice, and is an indispensable source for social workers seeking to realise a world where difference is not a problem to be addressed, but is to be celebrated as essential to the collective human experience. * Professor Jim Ife, Professor of Social Work, Western Sydney University, Australia * This exciting collection scrutinizes social work's complicity, albeit often unintentionally, in reinforcing oppressive colonialist and structural inequities. Critically interrogating how white privilege and other forms of structural oppression are legitimized it explores ways of disrupting, challenging and building resistance. In doing this it creates space for rich dialogue about inclusive, participative and collaborative practice. * Emeritus Professor Jude Irwin, University of Sydney, Australia *More details
Edition
1st ed. 2019
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
447 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-352-00640-7 (9781352006407)
DOI
10.26777/978-1-352-00641-4
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Donna Baines | Bindi Bennett | Susan Goodwin
Working Across Difference
Social Work, Social Policy and Social Justice
E-Book
05/2019
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€44.49
Available for download
Persons
Donna Baines is Chair and Professor of Social Work & Policy Studies, University of Sydney
Bindi Bennett is Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of the Sunshine Coast
Margot Rawsthorne is Lecturer in Community Development at the University of Sydney
Susan Goodwin is Associate Professor of Policy Studies at the University of Sydney
Bindi Bennett is Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of the Sunshine Coast
Margot Rawsthorne is Lecturer in Community Development at the University of Sydney
Susan Goodwin is Associate Professor of Policy Studies at the University of Sydney
Content
Invisible from the start: Australian Aboriginal people's experiences of difference and Aboriginal community controlled organizations.- Transforming Classrooms: Developing cultural safe learning environments.- Ownership and protection of Aboriginal knowledge: Academic response and responsibility.- Islamophobia and Social Work Collusion.- Pushing back against stereotypes: Muslim immigrant women's experiences of domestic violence.- Working with cultural differences: Teaching first year undergraduate students to unpack unjust power.- Allyship and Social Justice: Men as Allies in Challenging Men's Violence and Discrimination Against Women.- Women and older age: Exploring the intersections of privilege and oppression across lifetimes.- Uncovering Games of Truth: A collaborative exploration of the ways transgender and non-binary young people access health care and support.- Accepting my Illness? Problematizing the Claims of Mental Health Anti-Stigma Efforts.- Supported employment and social inclusion: An analysis from the perspective of people with intellectual disabilities.- Feminist gains lost: Public policy and the `genericizing' of women survivors of domestic violence.- Who can argue with blue sky? The questionable alliance between difference and the market in disability policy.- Collisions between the State and the Evil Spirit: Home Care in Indigenous Communities.- Resistance, White Fragility and Late Neoliberalism.- Concepts, theories and the Politics of Difference: A Discussion of Select Terms.