1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910467089603321

Autore

Hatton Kieron

Titolo

New directions in social work practice / / Kieron Hatton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

55 City Road : , : SAGE | Learning Matters, , 2008

ISBN

1-4739-0981-3

0-85725-814-1

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Transforming social work practice series

Disciplina

361.320941

Soggetti

Social service - Great Britain

Social service - Government policy - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

'Hatton's book is a welcome antidote to stagnation and moribund thinking in contemporary professional practice and readers will gain much from engaging with the concepts he sets out and the challenges he raises.' Jonathan Parker, Series Editor Since the first edition of Kieron Hatton's important book outlining many of the New Directions facing social work a significant number of changes and challenges have continued to have a huge impact on contemporary social work practice in the UK. From the second Laming report and the subsequent work of the Social Work Task Force, Social Work Reform Board and The College of Social Work, to the Reclaiming Social Work agenda and Munro Review, the context within which social work is practice has continued to change and this new edition unpicks the challenges, opportunities and threats facing the social workers of today. This book re-establishes an important contribution to learning from which students, their service users and ultimately society should benefit.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452344003321

Autore

Ancheta Angelo N. <1960->

Titolo

Race, rights, and the Asian American experience [[electronic resource] /] / Angelo N. Ancheta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-281-24429-5

9786611244293

0-8135-4007-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Disciplina

305.895073

342.73/0873

Soggetti

Asian Americans - Legal status, laws, etc

Asian Americans - Civil rights

Electronic books.

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- A Note on Terms -- Introduction: Neither Black nor White -- Chapter 1. Legacies of Discrimination -- Chapter 2. Discrimination and Antidiscrimination Law -- Chapter 3. Looking Like the Enemy -- Chapter 4. Race, Immigration, and Citizenship -- Chapter 5. Language and Legal Conformity -- Chapter 6. Race and Identity -- Chapter 7. Law and Racial Hierarchy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Table of Cases Cited in the Text -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

In Race, Rights, and the Asian American Experience, Angelo N. Ancheta demonstrates how United States civil rights laws have been framed by a black-white model of race that typically ignores the experiences of other groups, including Asian Americans. When racial discourse is limited to antagonisms between black and white, Asian Americans often find themselves in a racial limbo, marginalized or unrecognized as full participants. Ancheta examines legal and social theories of racial discrimination, ethnic differences in the Asian American population,



nativism, citizenship, language, school desegregation, and affirmative action. In the revised edition of this influential book, Ancheta also covers post-9/11 anti-Asian sentiment and racial profiling. He analyzes recent legal cases involving political empowerment, language rights, human trafficking, immigrant rights, and affirmative action in higher education-many of which move the country farther away from the ideals of racial justice. On a more positive note, he reports on the progress Asian Americans have made in the corporate sector, politics, the military, entertainment, and academia. A skillful mixture of legal theories, court cases, historical events, and personal insights, this revised edition brings fresh insights to U.S. civil rights from an Asian American perspective.