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1 online resource |
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Practical Social Work Ser |
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Practical Social Work Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- BRIEF CONTENTS -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- THE AUTHOR -- INTRODUCTION -- Structure and outline -- Important note -- CHAPTER 1: EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE -- CHAPTER OVERVIEW -- Introduction -- What is discrimination? -- Good practice is anti-discriminatory practice -- A sophisticated understanding of discrimination is called for -- Equality -- Diversity -- Social justice -- Oppression -- Multiple oppressions -- Avoiding medicalization -- Conclusion -- Food for thought -- Further resources -- CHAPTER 2: THE THEORY BASE |
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CHAPTER OVERVIEW -- Introduction -- Social divisions and social structure -- Class -- Gender -- Race and ethnicity -- Age -- Disability -- Sexuality -- Religion -- PCS analysis -- Structured inequalities and institutional discrimination -- PCS analysis: a note of caution -- Ideology: the power of ideas -- The role of language -- Discrimination -- Oppression -- Anti-discriminatory practice -- Equality -- Equal opportunities -- Diversity -- Prejudice -- Commonalities and differences -- Food for thought -- Further resources -- CHAPTER 3: GENDER AND SEXISM -- CHAPTER OVERVIEW -- Introduction |
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What is sexism? -- The implications for social work -- The feminist response -- Sexism and men -- Towards anti-sexist practice -- Food for thought -- Further resources -- CHAPTER 4: ETHNICITY AND RACISM -- CHAPTER OVERVIEW -- Introduction -- What is racism? -- Language, nation and region -- The implications for social work -- The anti-racist response -- Race, class and gender -- Towards anti-racist practice -- Food for thought -- Further resources -- CHAPTER 5: AGEISM AND ALIENATION -- CHAPTER OVERVIEW -- Introduction -- What is ageism? -- The implications for social work |
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The anti-ageist response -- Multiple oppressions -- Towards anti-ageist practice -- Food for thought -- Further resources -- CHAPTER 6: DISABILITY AND SOCIAL HANDICAP -- CHAPTER OVERVIEW -- Introduction -- What is disablism? -- The implications for social work -- The anti-disablist response: The Disabled People's Movement -- Multiple oppressions -- Towards anti-disablist practice -- Food for thought -- Further resources -- CHAPTER 7: SEXUAL IDENTITY AND HETEROSEXISM -- CHAPTER OVERVIEW -- Introduction -- What is heterosexism? -- The implications for social work -- Staff experiences |
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Client experiences -- The anti-heterosexist response -- Multiple oppressions -- Towards anti-heterosexist practice -- Food for thought -- Further resources -- CHAPTER 8: FAITH AND RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION -- CHAPTER OVERVIEW -- Introduction -- What is religious discrimination? -- Sectarianism -- Islamophobia -- The implications for social work -- The anti-discriminatory response -- Multiple oppressions -- Towards anti-discriminatory practice -- Food for thought -- Further resources -- 9: CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER OVERVIEW -- Introduction -- The main themes -- Power -- Diversity -- PCS analysis |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Discrimination -- Law and legislation.
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Discrimination -- Law and legislation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781352010954 |
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135201095X |
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