Full 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
Contents
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.
