Anti-Oppressive Social Work Theory and Practice

✍ Scribed by Lena Dominelli

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 222
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book, by one of the leading theorists of social work, tackles a subject of crucial importance to students and practitioners alike: how social workers can enable their clients to challenge and transcend the manifold oppressions that disempower them (whether through poverty, disability, mental illness, etc.). It moves from a discussion of social work's purpose and ambitions to an exposition of theory and, from there, to the practice arenas of working with individuals, in groups, within organizations, and within a wider social and political context.