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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453195703321

Titolo

Race, Racism and Social Work : Contemporary issues and debates / / edited by Michael Lavalette, Laura Penketh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : The Policy Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4473-1212-0

1-4473-0709-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PenkethLaura

LavaletteMichael

Disciplina

328

Soggetti

Society

Social work with minorities - Study and teaching

Social work education

Social service and race relations

Racism

Race relations

Ethnic relations

SOCIAL SCIENCE - Social Work

SOCIAL SCIENCE - Minority Studies

SOCIAL SCIENCE - Discrimination & Race Relations

Social work with immigrants - Study and teaching

Black people - Social services

Antisemitism - Social services

Racism - Social services

Prejudices - Social services

Electronic books.

Great Britain

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Introduction. Race, racism and social work / Michael Lavalette and Laura Penketh -- Rethinking anti-racist social work in a neoliberal age



/ Gurnam Singh -- The growth of xeno-racism and Islamophobia in Britain / Liz Fekete -- The catalysers 'black' professionals and the anti-racist movement / Charlotte Williams -- "Same, same, but different" / Philomena Harrison and Beverly Burke Antisemitism and anti-racist social work / Barrie Levine -- Anti-Roma racism in Europe past and recent perspectives / Spela Urh -- In defence of multiculturalism? / Gareth Jenkins -- Social work and Islamophobia identity formation amongst second and third generation Muslim women in north-west England / Laura Penketh -- Institutionalised Islamophobia and the 'Prevent' agenda 'winning hearts and minds' or welfare as surveillance and control? / Michael Lavalette -- 'Street-grooming', sexual abuse and Islamophobia an anatomy of the Rochdale abuse scandal / Judith Orr -- My people? / Dave Stamp -- Twenty-first century eugenics? A case study about the Merton Test / Rhetta Moran and Susan Gillett -- The role of immigration policies in the exploitation of migrant care workers an ethnographic exploration / Joe Greener -- ; Conclusion. Race, racism and social work today some concluding thoughts / Laura Penketh and Michael Lavalette.

Sommario/riassunto

Lavalette and Penketh reveal that racism towards Britain's ethnic minority groups has undergone a process of change. They affirm the importance of social work to address issues of 'race' and racism in education and training, presenting a critical review of a demanding aspect of social work practice.