Social Work’s Histories of Complicity and Resistance
Social Work’s Histories of Complicity and Resistance

Author: Vasilios Ioakimidis

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2023-06-14

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1447364309

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Social work is often presented as a benevolent and politically neutral profession, avoiding discussion about its sometimes troubling political histories. This book rethinks social work’s legacy and history of both political resistance and complicity with oppressive and punitive practices. Using a comparative approach with international case studies, the book uncovers the role of social workers in politically tense episodes of recent history, including the anti-racist struggle in the US and the impact of colonialism in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. As the de-colonisation of curricula and the Black Lives Matter movement gain momentum, this fascinating book skilfully navigates social work’s collective political past while considering its future.

Social Work's Histories of Complicity and Resistance
Social Work's Histories of Complicity and Resistance

Author: Vasilios Ioakimidis

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2023-04

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 1447364287

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Social work is often presented as a benevolent and politically neutral profession, avoiding discussion about its sometimes troubling political histories. This book rethinks social work's legacy and history of both political resistance and complicity with oppressive and punitive practices. Using a comparative approach with international case studies, the book uncovers the role of social workers in politically tense episodes of recent history, including the anti-racist struggle in the US and the impact of colonialism in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. As the de-colonisation of curricula and the Black Lives Matter movement gain momentum, this fascinating book skilfully navigates social work's collective political past while considering its future.

Decolonising Social Work in Finland
Decolonising Social Work in Finland

Author: Kris Clarke

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2024-03-28

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1447371429

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Introduction and Chapter 10 available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book examines the contemporary social care realities and practices of Finland, a small nation with a history enmeshed in social relations as both coloniser and colonised. Decolonising Social Work in Finland: · Interrogates coloniality, racialisation and diversity in the context of Finnish social work and social care. · Brings together racialised and mainstream White Finnish researchers, activists and community members to challenge relations of epistemic violence on racialised populations in Finland. · Critically unpacks colonial views of care and wellbeing. It will be essential reading for international scholars and students in the fields of Social Work, Sociology, Indigenous Studies, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Education.

Critical Social Work with Children and Families
Critical Social Work with Children and Families

Author: Steve Rogowski

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2024-02-27

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1447369297

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This fully-updated, accessible textbook considers the theory and practice of critical social work in addressing inequality and social injustice. It is essential reading for students, educators and practitioners of child and family social work.

Decolonizing Pathways towards Integrative Healing in Social Work
Decolonizing Pathways towards Integrative Healing in Social Work

Author: Kris Clarke

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-10-01

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1351846272

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Taking a new and innovative angle on social work, this book seeks to remedy the lack of holistic perspectives currently used in Western social work practice by exploring Indigenous and other culturally diverse understandings and experiences of healing. This book examines six core areas of healing through a holistic lens that is grounded in a decolonizing perspective. Situating integrative healing within social work education and theory, the book takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from social memory and historical trauma, contemplative traditions, storytelling, healing literatures, integrative health, and the traditional environmental knowledge of Indigenous Peoples. In exploring issues of water, creative expression, movement, contemplation, animals, and the natural world in relation to social work practice, the book will appeal to all scholars, practitioners, and community members interested in decolonization and Indigenous studies.

Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice
Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice

Author: Laura S. Abrams

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2023

Total Pages: 873

ISBN-13: 0197641423

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This volume offers an examination of the history of racism and White supremacy in the profession of social work, current efforts to address and repair the harms caused by racism and White supremacy within the profession, and forward-thinking strategies for social work to be part of a broader societal movement to achieve an anti-racist future.

Social Work and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Social Work and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author: Lavalette, Michael

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2020-10-19

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1447360362

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As the world grapples with the complex impacts of COVID-19, this book provides an urgent critical exploration of how Social Work can and should respond to this global crisis. The book considers the ecological, epidemiological, ideological and political conditions which gave rise to the pandemic, before examining the ways that social work has responded in different nations across the Global North and Global South. This series of nation studies examine good practices and suggest new ways to renew and regenerate social work moving on from COVID-19. Contributors also reflect on the key themes that have emerged, including a rise in domestic violence and the ways that the pandemic has disproportionately affected those in working class and minority communities, exacerbating existing inequalities.

Global Social Work in a Political Context
Global Social Work in a Political Context

Author: Ferguson, Iain

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2018-01-10

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1447322673

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How is social work shaped by global issues and international problems and how should it address them? Taking a radical perspective, this book reveals what we can learn from different approaches from across the globe.

The Road Not Taken
The Road Not Taken

Author: Michael Reisch

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780415933995

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First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Global Social Work in a Political Context
Global Social Work in a Political Context

Author: Ferguson, Iain

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2018-01-10

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 144732269X

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How is social work shaped by global issues and international problems and how should it address them? This book employs a radical perspective to examine international social work. Globalisation had opened up many issues for social work, including how to address global inequalities, the impact of global economic problems and trends towards neoliberalism. By examining the origins of modern social work, problematising its definition and addressing the care/control dichotomy the book reveals what we can learn from different approaches and projects across the globe. Case studies from the UK, the US, Canada, Spain, Latin America, Australia, Hungary and Greece bring the text to life and allow both students and practitioners to apply theory to practice.