Decolonising and Reframing Critical Social Work - Research and Stories from Practice

This book problematises and then reshapes critical social work to bring a range of perspectives to what constitutes truly effective and ethical social work practice.

List of contents

Section One – Revisiting Critical Social Work. 1.From ‘radical’ to ‘dominant’ in Australian academia: The context and history of current acceptance of theories in social work. 2.Benefits and consequences of the dominance of modernist critical social work approaches. Section Two – Rethinking Critical Social Work Practice. 3.Positioning Indigenous perspectives alongside critical social work. 4.Intersectionality: A multifaceted approach with critical social work. Section Three – Reframing Critical Social Work Practice. 5.Stories of practice. 6.Multiple perspectives and polychotomies. Section Four – Decolonising and Restorying Practice. 7.Decolonising and restorying practice: A reframed approach to critical social work.

About the author

Sophie Goldingay (PhD) is Associate Professor and Course Director of the Bachelor of Social Work at Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
Joleen Ryan (BSW) is an academic currently teaching social work at the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research, Innovation Institute at Deakin University.
Angela Daddow (EdD) is a senior sessional academic at Deakin University and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Summary

This book problematises and then reshapes critical social work to bring a range of perspectives to what constitutes truly effective and ethical social work practice.

Product details

• Authors: Angela Daddow, Sophie Goldingay, Goldingay Sophie, Joleen Ryan
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032470610
• ISBN: 978-1-03-247061-0
• No. of pages: 104
• Weight: 260 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; History of Ideas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social Work, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Decolonisation of knowledge / Decoloniality