Race, racism and social work : contemporary issues and debates / / edited by Michael Lavalette and Laura Penketh [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : , : Policy Press, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 305.8
• Soggetto topico: Social work with minorities - Study and teaching; Social work with immigrants - Study and teaching; Social work education; Racism - Social services
• Persona (resp. second.): LavaletteMichael; PenkethLaura
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Feb 2022).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: one. Rethinking anti-racist social work in a neoliberal age / Gurnam Singh -- ; two. growth of xeno-racism and Islamophobia in Britain / Liz Fekete -- ; three. catalysers: `black' professionals and the anti-racist movement / Charlotte Williams -- ; four. "Same, same, but different" / Beverley Burke -- ; five. Antisemitism and anti-racist social work / Barrie Levine -- ; six. Anti-Roma racism in Europe: past and recent perspectives / Spela Urh -- ; seven. In defence of multiculturalism? / Gareth Jenkins -- ; eight. Social work and Islamophobia: identity formation among second and third generation Muslim women in north-west England / Laura Penketh -- ; nine. Institutionalised Islamophobia and the `Prevent' agenda: `winning hearts and minds' or welfare as surveillance and control? / Michael Lavalette -- ; ten. `Street-grooming', sexual abuse and Islamophobia: an anatomy of the Rochdale abuse scandal / Judith Orr -- ; eleven. My people? / Dave Stamp -- ; twelve. Twenty-first century eugenics? A case study about the Merton Test / Susan Gillett -- ; thirteen. role of immigration policies in the exploitation of migrant care workers: an ethnographic exploration / Joe Greener.
• Sommario/riassunto: Lavalette and Penketh reveal that racism towards Britain's ethnic minority groups has undergone a process of change, affirming the importance of social work to address issues of 'race' and racism in education and training, and presenting a critical review of a demanding aspect of social work practice.
• Titolo autorizzato: Race, racism and social work
• ISBN: 1-4473-1213-9; 1-4473-1212-0; 1-4473-0709-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818363703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II