TY - CHAP
T1 - Remaking Social Work by Applying an Anti-oppressive Lens
AU - Allegri, Elena
AU - Rosina, Barbara
AU - Sanfelici, Mara
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - Anti-oppressive social work has become a central topic among social work scholars, guiding the analysis of practices, services, and policies. Both theoretical and empirical studies highlight the importance of raising awareness about the multiple, and sometimes conflicting, mandates of social workers, guiding a process of reflexivity on challenges and ethical dilemmas. As the literature on anti-oppressive practice in social work is scarce, this research has two aims: (1) analyzing the social workers’ opinions about their role in fighting against oppression and discrimination and in enacting a “political role”; and (2) exploring the types of oppression and discrimination in the everyday practice within social work agencies. The wider purpose is to foster a debate on this topic, contributing in raising awareness and advancing knowledge about processes that can promote or hamper anti-oppressive ways of practicing social work. The aim is also to coconstruct knowledge about transnational sources of injustice, contributing in moving the conceptual apparatus of social work practice forward, while understanding the complex interaction between transnational actors. We think this is a way to rethinking social work in a global world, providing new frames to empower social workers and people, standing together for social justice and social change.
AB - Anti-oppressive social work has become a central topic among social work scholars, guiding the analysis of practices, services, and policies. Both theoretical and empirical studies highlight the importance of raising awareness about the multiple, and sometimes conflicting, mandates of social workers, guiding a process of reflexivity on challenges and ethical dilemmas. As the literature on anti-oppressive practice in social work is scarce, this research has two aims: (1) analyzing the social workers’ opinions about their role in fighting against oppression and discrimination and in enacting a “political role”; and (2) exploring the types of oppression and discrimination in the everyday practice within social work agencies. The wider purpose is to foster a debate on this topic, contributing in raising awareness and advancing knowledge about processes that can promote or hamper anti-oppressive ways of practicing social work. The aim is also to coconstruct knowledge about transnational sources of injustice, contributing in moving the conceptual apparatus of social work practice forward, while understanding the complex interaction between transnational actors. We think this is a way to rethinking social work in a global world, providing new frames to empower social workers and people, standing together for social justice and social change.
KW - Anti-oppressive practice
KW - Discrimination
KW - Empowerment
KW - Oppression
KW - Social change
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-08352-5_3
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-08352-5_3
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9783031083518
SP - 29
EP - 44
BT - Remaking Social Work for the New Global Era
PB - Springer International Publishing
ER -