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Anti-discriminatory practice: equality, diversity and social justice
- Author:
- THOMPSON Neil
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 240p.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
- Edition:
- 5th ed.
This is the fifth edition of what is considered a key text for those wanting an introduction to the challenges of promoting social justice and equality in a society characterised by ever-increasing diversity. The authors looks at ways in which social workers can effectively challenge inequality within society and explores the many forms of discrimination that can lead to disadvantage, disempowerment and oppression. Chapters include: equality, diversity and social justice; the theory base, gender and sexism, ethnicity and racism; ageism and alienation; disability and social handicap; sexuality and heterosexism; and faith and religious discrimination. New to this edition are the contextual introduction and chapters on sexuality and religious discrimination; an explicit theory base, through extended discussion of the widely used PCS (personal, cultural, structural) model; a range of questions for reflection, and guidance on further reading, incorporating books, articles and websites. The book is aimed at social work students, practitioners, managers and educators.
Directions in environmental gerontology: a multidisciplinary field
- Author:
- KENDIG Hal
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 43(5), October 2003, pp.611-615.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article considers developments and directions for environmental gerontology. The multidisciplinary field came of age during the 1960s with Powell Lawton's powerful environmental press paradigm and its applications to empirical research and building design. Recent theoretical developments in Europe and America have advanced and integrated concepts in psychology, geography, and related disciplines. Time dimensions and active use of space are essential for understanding aging individuals and microenvironments as well as changing populations and macroenvironments. Research on residential environments by health professions is informing community care that is enhancing the independence and well-being of older people. With its proven responsiveness to social and policy priorities, environmental gerontology is now providing strong conceptual and empirical bases for advancing healthy aging and age-friendly societies.
Social work and human rights: a foundation for policy and practice
- Author:
- REICHERT Elisabeth
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 295p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- New York
As social work students and practitioners encounter the term "human rights" with greater frequency, there is a pressing need for them to understand its meaning, especially in contradistinction to the related concept of "social justice." This book is an overview of human rights ideas and laws for social workers that stresses the importance of human rights in all types of social work policy and practice. The volume first traces the history and development of human rights from the passage of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 and subsequent international documents. In particular, the book addresses issues relating to vulnerable groups, including women, children, disabled persons, the HIV- or AIDS-infected population, gays and lesbians, victims of racism, and older persons. The book concludes with case studies that illustrate the application of human rights theory in real-life settings. These case studies demonstrate how to identify relevant human rights issues and then connect these issues to ethical responsibilities in order to form an appropriate intervention scenario with the client.
Social theory, social policy and ageing: a critical introduction
- Authors:
- ESTES Carroll L., BIGGS Simon, PHILLIPSON Chris
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 191p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Maidenhead
This work covers theoretical developments and issues influencing the study of adult ageing. The authors explore contemporary trends in social policy drawing on the experience of ageing in the USA, Europe and an increasingly global environment. Particular attention is given to feminist perspectives on ageing, ethics and bio-medicine, successful and productive ageing, globalization and migration and the politics of ageing. Consideration is given in each case to the interaction between structural influences on social ageing and the experience of age and identity. The work ends with a manifesto for social theory, social policy and social change.
Housing and home in later life
- Authors:
- HEYWOOD Frances, OLDMAN Christine, MEANS Robert
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 185p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
At the heart of all policies of supporting people to live and thrive into old age lies the concept of home. Yet there is a vacuum where policies concerning housing issues should be, and such policies as exist are profoundly ageist and often based on a medical model of disability. The authors of this volume share a commitment to see the issues of later life and housing re-thought to address more adequately the diverse needs and preferences of a group who constitute around one quarter of the population. The book has three strands; to uncover the theoretical origins of accepted practice; to present a critique of the present policies and to consider new theories, ideas and methodologies for achieving user centred changes.
Countering discrimination in social work
- Editor:
- LESNIK Bogdan
- Publisher:
- Arena
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 201p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Pulls together a range of materials addressing various aspects of inequality to provide an overview of the current state of play in the development of emancipatory forms of practice that seek to counter discrimination and oppression. Includes chapters on: poverty and deprivation; globalisation and gender relations in social work; affirmative action as a counter to racial discrimination; social work and independent living; discriminating in later life; lesbians and gay men; intellectual disability, oppression and difference; strategies of empowerment; and towards a theory of emancipatory practice.
Feminist social work theory and practice
- Author:
- DOMINELLI Lena
- Publisher:
- Palgrave
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 193p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
This version of feminist practice is conceptualised holistically and is based on a belief in social justice and emancipatory forms of practice that promote egalitarian relationships for all. The book takes account of the range of social divisions that impact on gendered lives, including those of race, class, age, disability or sexual orientation, and explores such intersections through a variety of situations and settings.