Understanding power : an imperative for human services / edited by Elaine Pinderhughes, Vanessa Jackson, and Patricia Romney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

Pinderhughes, Elaine, editor.

Jackson, Vanessa, editor.

Romney, Patricia A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic attitudes.

Social service and race relations.

United States.

Human services--United States.

Human services.

Social service and race relations--United States.

Ethnic attitudes--United States.

Physical Description:

xx, 274 pages ; 26 cm

regular print

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : NASW Press, [2017]

Summary:

Understanding Power: An Imperative for Human Services expands the perspective on the operation of power in the work of all human services providers. As a first reader on how power operates, this resource provides a base on which to build a more in-depth, detailed conceptualization as training or work progresses. The chapters in the book address the following: multilevel, bidirectional, recursive operation of power; effects of privilege, power, holding and subordination, and nonprivilege to empower and to disempower; and enhancing, transforming, constraining, and undermining people's functioning. This resource offers an opportunity to work toward building a metaview from which to address how power operates when it is just and to discover its potential for healing and helping people to find, discover, reclaim, or enhance their own power; to correct moral dissonance (particularly for power holders/the privileged); to help people liberate themselves from debilitating negative self-esteem and disempowering, entrapping social roles; and to develop people's ability to exercise power justly and effectively. -- from back cover.

Contents:

Foreword / Monica McGoldrick

Conceptualization of how power operates in human functioning / Elaine Pinderhughes

Legacy and aftermath: the mechanisms of power in the multigenerational transmission of trauma / David Anderson Hooker

Racial shaming and humiliation : tools of oppressive power / Vanessa McAdams-Mahmoud

Power-based therapy : transforming powerlessness into power / Vanessa Jackson

Tsalagi spiral conjurations in ghost country : exploring emergent power differentials with a native American client / Rockey Robbins, Scott Drabenstot, and Mollie Rischard

The power to recover : psychosocial competence interventions with black women / Lani V. Jones

Culture, power, and resistance : testimonies of hope and dignity / Makungu Akinyela

Decolonizing social work practice with immigrants : the power to (re)define / Hye-Kyung Kang

The power to create equity and justice / Patricia Romney

The joy of sharing power and fostering well-being in community networks / Ramon Rojano

Cash & counseling : empowering elders and people with disabilities to make personal care decisions / Kevin J. Mahoney and Erin E. McGaffigan

Teaching power beyond black and white : recognizing and working with student resistance in diverse classrooms / John Tawa and Jesse J. Tauriac

Discovering and building respect : a relational model addressing power and difference in medical training / Carol Mostow

Deconstructing power to build connections : the importance of dialogue Boston Institute for culturally affirming practice

Power and research / Sarita Kaya Davis

Re-methodologizing research : queer considerations for just inquiry / Julie Tilsen

Conclusion and syllabus / Vanessa Jackson, Elaine Pinderhughes, and Patricia Romney

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

ISBN:

9780871015051

0871015056

0871015064

9780871015068

OCLC:

961923833

Publisher Number:

99976757141