Feminist Social Work Theory and Practice [Paperback]

Feminist theories of social work have been criticised in recent years for treating women as a uniform category and displaying insufficient sensitivity to the complex ways in which other social divisions (those of race, age, disability, etc.) impact on gender relations. This major text by a leading writer in the field seeks to develop a new framework for feminist social work that takes on board postmodernist arguments to do with difference and power yet retains a commitment to collective solidarity and social change. As such, it will be essential reading for students, educators and practitioners alike in social work.

Theorising Feminist Social Work Practice.- Contextualising Feminist Theory and Practice.- Redefining Professionalism.- Working with Men.- Working with Children and Families.- Working with Adults: Redrawing the Boundaries of Care in the Community.- Working with Offenders.- Conclusions.

LENA DOMINELLI is Professor of Social and Community Development at the University of Southampton and President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work. She has worked as a social worker, probation officer and community worker and is the author of 14 books, the most recent being Anti-Racist Social Work (second edition), Sociology for Social Work and Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates (co-edited with Robert Adams and Malcolm Payne).Taps a real and longstanding gap in the market for a text that makes sense of recent feminist theorising in relation to social work practiceTaps a real and longstanding gap in the market for a text that makes sense of recent feminist theorising in relation to social work practice
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