โ Scribed by Mary Langan
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Offers a new perspective on feminist social work which takes account of the complexity of the manifold oppressions that affect the lives of most women and most social work clients.
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgement page......Page 7
List of contributors......Page 8
Series editor's preface......Page 12
Introduction: women and social work in the 1990s......Page 16
Women and oppression: race, class and gender......Page 27
Women's psychology and feminist social work practice......Page 47
Social work and power relations: towards a framework for an integrated practice......Page 63
Who cares? Women in the mixed economy of care......Page 82
Feminism, managerialism and performance measurement......Page 107
Malestream training? Women, feminism and social work education......Page 127
The child sexual abuse 'industry' and gender relations in social work......Page 144
Women with learning difficulties are women too......Page 164
Working with black single mothers: myths and reality......Page 184
Women in residential work: dilemmas and ambiguities......Page 201
Lesbians, the state and social work practice......Page 216
Social work and older women: where have older women gone?......Page 235
Index......Page 257
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