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Title Women, oppression, and social work : issues in anti-discriminatory practice / edited by Mary Langan and Lesley Day
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages)
Series The State of welfare
State of welfare.
Contents Women and oppression : race, class and gender / Lesley Day -- Women's psychology and feminist social work practice / Marilyn Lawrence -- Social work and power relations : towards a framework for an integrated practice / Marie McNay -- Who cares? Women in the mixed economy of care / Mary Langan -- Feminism, managerialism and performance measurement / Carol Lupton -- Malestream training? Women, feminism and social work education / Pam Carter, Angela Everitt and Annie Hudson -- The child sexual abuse 'industry' and gender relations in social work / Annie Hudson -- Women with learning difficulties are women too / Fiona Williams -- Working with black single mothers : myths and reality / Agnes Bryan -- Women in residential work : dilemmas and ambiguities / Cathy Aymer -- Lesbians, the state and social work practice / Helen Cosis Brown -- Social work and older women : where have older women gone? / Beverley Hughes and Melody Mtezuka
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
Analysis Welfare work Role of Feminism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Social service -- Great Britain
Feminism -- Great Britain
Sex discrimination -- Great Britain
Social work with women -- Great Britain
Women social workers -- Great Britain
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Women social workers
Social work with women
Feminism
Sex discrimination
Social service
Sozialarbeit
Aufsatzsammlung
Frau
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
Author Langan, Mary
Day, Lesley
ISBN 0203417380
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