Anti-oppressive practice : social care and the law / Jane Dalrymple and Beverley Burke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dalrymple, Jane, 1951-

Contributor:

Burke, Beverley, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social workers--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain.

Social workers.

Public welfare--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Open University Press 2006

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Challenges the notion that anti-oppressive practice has lost its potency or became commodified into a professional response to inequalities. This book explores key questions including - is anti-oppressive practice relevant in contemporary practice? can law be used as an empowering tool? and, can the law be used to develop anti-oppressive practice?

Contents:

Front Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of statutes; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; Forward; Introduction; Chapter 1 Anti-oppressive practice ten years on; PART I UNPACKING CONCEPTS: SETTING THE TERMS OF THE DEBATE; Chapter 2 Some essential elements of anti-oppressive theory; Chapter 3 Use of the law: contradictions and dilemmas; PART II A MODEL OF ANTI-OPPRESSIVE PRACTICE: PRINCIPLES FOR ACTION; Chapter 4 Values; Chapter 5 Empowerment; Chapter 6 Partnership; Chapter 7 Minimal intervention; Chapter 8 Implications for practice

PART III REFRAMING PRACTICE IN RELATION TO LEGISLATIONChapter 9 Prevention; Chapter 10 Assessment; Chapter 11 Planning; Chapter 12 Service user involvement; Chapter 13 Evaluation; Chapter 14 The Reality of Anti-oppressive Practice; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Previous ed.: 1995.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-281-12916-X

9786611129163

0-335-22964-6

OCLC:

650091563