Women, oppression, and social work : issues in anti-discriminatory practice / edited by Mary Langan and Lesley Day.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Langan, Mary.

Day, Lesley.

Series:

State of welfare.

The State of welfare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Great Britain.

Social service.

Feminism--Great Britain.

Feminism.

Sex discrimination--Great Britain.

Sex discrimination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offers a new perspective on feminist social work which takes account of the complexity of the manifold oppressions that affect the lives of most women and most social work clients.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgement page; List of contributors; Series editor's preface; Introduction: women and social work in the 1990's; Women and oppression: race, class and gender; Women's psychology and feminist social work practice; Social work and power relations: towards a framework for an integrated practice; Who cares? Women in the mixed economy of care; Feminism, managerialism and performance measurement; Malestream training? Women, feminism and social work education; The child sexual abuse 'industry' and gender relations in social work

Women with learning difficulties are women too Working with black single mothers: myths and reality; Women in residential work: dilemmas and ambiguities; Lesbians, the state and social work practice; Social work and older women: where have older women gone?; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-90282-4

1-134-90283-2

1-280-32117-2

0-203-41738-0

9780203417386

OCLC:

275235502