Rethinking Feminist Theories for Social Work Practice

AvChristine Cocker,Trish Hafford-Letchfield

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Feminist social work has clear goals to expose and critically analyse gendered power as a dynamic, historic, and structural concept embedded in our world, and to mobilise and take social action to challenge that power.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-04-25
Mått:148 x 210 x 26 mm
Vikt:623 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:362
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030942403

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Mer om författaren

Christine Cocker is Professor of Social Work at the University of East Anglia, UKTrish Hafford-Letchfield is Professor of Social Work, University of Strathclyde, UK.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Rethinking Feminist Theories for Social Work Practice.- Part I: Feminist Theories for New Challenges in Social Work.- 2. Feminisms: Controversy, Contestation and Challenge.- 3. Feminist and Empowerment Theory and Practice: A Powerful Alliance.- 4. Feminist Research and Practice: Reorienting a Politic for Social Work.- 5. A Pedagogy of Our Own: Feminist Social Work in the Academy.- 6. Collaborative Autoethnography for Feminist Research.- Part II: Feminisms and Intersectionalities.- 7. Afrocentric Feminism and Ubuntu-Led Social Work Practice in an African Context.- 8. Tears of Shame: Sri Lankan Mothers Negotiating Experiences of Caregiving and Disability.- 9. Voices of Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan Living with Exacerbated Gender-Based Violence During COVID-19: Conceptualizing a Feminist Perspective for Social Work.- 10. The Transformative Potential of Transfeminist Social Work Practice.- 11. Exploring the Intersection of Queer Disability as Life Story: A Feminist Narrative Approach to Social Work Research and Practice.- 12. Invisible Women: Critical Perspectives on Social Work and Gender in Later Life.- Part III: Gender in Social Work Practice.- 13. Using Sex Worker Feminisms in Practice to Promote a Peer-Based Methodology; Exploring Personal and Professional Identities in a Research Alliance Centring Sex Worker Lived Experience.- 14. Does Feminist Social Work Practice Need Time? Gender, Parenting and Changing Times for Social Work.- 15. Lesbian Parenting: Rebellious or Conformist?.- 16. Child Sexual Exploitation, Victim Blaming or Rescuing: Negotiating a Feminist Perspective on the Way Forward.- 17. Social Work Men as a Feminist Issue.- 18. A Relational Approach to Work with Couples Where Men Have Been Violent Towards Women: Feminist Dilemmas and Contributions to Social Work Practice.- 19. Feminist Perspectives on Social Work Leadership.