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Women, Oppression and Social Work Issues in Anti-Discriminatory Practice
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Routledge
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Routledge
264 Pages
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Routledge
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Many of the gains of the women's movement over the past 20 years now seem threatened by the combined effects of prolonged economic insecurity, reductions in the scope of welfare provision and a general shift in the climate of public opinion to the right. Social workers are faced with the growing damands of a more inpoverished and more unstable society, with less resources to meet these demands. In... Read more
Acknowledgements List of Contributors Series Editor's Preface Introduction:Women and Social Work in the 1990s, Mary Langan Women and Oppression: race,class and gender, Lesley Day Women's psychology and femininst social workpractice, Marilyn Lawrence Social Work and power relations: towards aframework for an integrated practice, Marie McNay Who cares? Women in themixed economy of care, Mary Langan Feminism, managerialism and performancemeasurement, Carol Lupton Malestream training?: Women, feminism and socialwork education, Pam Carter, Angela Everitt and Annie Hudson The child sexualabuse 'industry' and gender relations in social work, Annie Hudson Women withlearning difficulties are women too, Fiona Williams Working with Black singlemothers: myths and reality, Agnes Bryan Women in residential work: dilemmasand ambiguities, Cathy Aymer Lesbians, the state and social work practice,Helen Cosis Brown Social Work and older women, Beverley Hughes and MelodyMtezuka
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Lesley Day, Mary Langan
