| Description |
1 online resource (331 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- About the Editors Page -- Contributors Page -- Preface to the First Edition Page -- Preface to the Second Edition Page -- Chapter 1. Why We Still Need a Women's Agenda for Social Work -- Introduction -- The Women's Movement and Political Change -- Reality: A Social and Political Construction -- Postmodernists: Is Gender Still a Useful Construct? -- Why We Still Need a Women's Agenda for Social Work |
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Chapter 2. Building on the Romance of Women's Innate Strengths: Social Feminism and Its Influence at the Henry Street Settlement, 1893-1993 -- Introduction -- Social Feminism -- The Henry Street Settlement -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. What Is Needed for True Equality: An Overview of Policy Issues for Women -- Introduction -- Family, Gender, and Class -- Women's Employment and Economic Well-Being -- Social Control of Women Through Violence -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Child Welfare As a Woman's Issue: Untangling Gender, Race, and Class -- Historical Perspective -- Recent Trends |
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Women and the Child Welfare System -- Implications for Social Work in the Twenty-First Century -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Women's Mental Health Issues: Twentieth-Century Realities -- Twenty-First Century Challenges -- Introduction -- Twentieth-Century Realities-Past to Present -- Contemporary Issues in Women's Mental Health: The Interplay of Systems, Structures, and Symptoms -- Twenty-First Century Challenges-Present to Future -- Empowered Practice in the Twenty-First Century: Ideas for Social Workers -- Chapter 6. Women, Welfare, and Violence: A Look at the Family Violence Option |
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TANF and the Family Violence Option -- The Link Between Domestic Violence and Welfare -- Domestic Violence and Economic Self-Sufficiency -- Implementing the Family Violence Option -- Next Steps -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Promoting Reentry for Formerly Incarcerated Women: Individual and Community Practice Challenges -- Introduction -- Factors Contributing to Postincarceration Recidivism or Successful Reentry -- Methodology -- Discussion and Implications -- Practice and Policy Lessons for the Future -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8. Supporting the Strengths of Older Women -- Economic Security |
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Health Care -- Social Interaction -- Contemporary Practice Issues -- Contemporary Policy Issues -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9. Beyond Women of Color, Welfare, and Identity Politics -- Welfare Herstory: History Retold -- Case Illustration: Vanessa -- Beyond Race or Gender Issues -- Chapter 10. Lesbians and Bisexual Women: Relevant Policy and Practice Issues -- Sociocultural Context -- Homophobia and Heterosexism -- Coming Out and "Passing" -- Social Policy Issues -- Practice Issues -- Conclusions -- Chapter 11. Overturning Oppression: An Analysis of Emancipatory Change -- Introduction |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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The Genealogy of Oppression |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lieberman, Alice A
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| ISBN |
9781000081350 |
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1000081354 |
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