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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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?
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Title
Anti-oppressive practice.
International Standard Book Number
0335218024
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Public welfare-- Law and legislation-- Great Britain.
Social workers-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- Great Britain.