Grounded in principles and values of fairness and equality, anti-oppressive practice (AOP) lies at the heart of social work and social work education. This book will equip you with the tools and knowledge you need to address the concepts of diversity, oppression, power and powerless, and practice in ethically appropriate ways for contemporary social work practice.
Grounded in principles and values of fairness and equality, anti-oppressive practice (AOP) lies at the heart of social work and social work education. This book will equip you with the tools and knowledge to address the concepts of diversity, oppression, power and powerless, and practice in ethically appropriate ways for contemporary social work practice.
Grounded in principles and values of fairness and equality, anti-oppressive practice (AOP) lies at the heart of social work and social work education. This book will equip you with the tools and knowledge to address the concepts of diversity, oppression, power and powerless, and practice in ethically appropriate ways for contemporary social work practice.
Anti-Discriminatory Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy is a groundbreaking text which identifies the ease with which individuals can be disadvantaged merely on the basis of their gender, race, culture, age, sexuality or ability. Examining these and other areas of discrimination, leading experts highlight how vital it is for counsellors, psychotherapists - and others in the helping professions - to be aware of and engage with their own social, political and cultural attitudes, and how they must develop their skills as culturally sensitive, reflective practitioners if counselling is to be truly accessible to all members of society. This substantially revised and updated second edition now also includes chapters on working within an anti-discriminatory approach with: - refugees - people with mental health difficulties - people with disfigurement or visible differences. While each thought-provoking chapter now: - links theory to practice by providing case studies and extracts from therapeutic dialogues - assesses the most recent research findings - provides exercises for enhancing awareness and skills within each different domain or care setting - presents references for further recommended reading. Clearly written and accessible, Anti-discriminatory Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy is an indispensable addition to the toolkit of everyone either training to be or practising in the counselling and psychotherapeutic professions.
Anti-Discriminatory Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy is a groundbreaking text which identifies the ease with which individuals can be disadvantaged merely on the basis of their gender, race, culture, age, sexuality or ability. Examining these and other areas of discrimination, leading experts highlight how vital it is for counsellors, psychotherapists - and others in the helping professions - to be aware of and engage with their own social, political and cultural attitudes, and how they must develop their skills as culturally sensitive, reflective practitioners if counselling is to be truly accessible to all members of society. This substantially revised and updated second edition now also includes chapters on working within an anti-discriminatory approach with: - refugees - people with mental health difficulties - people with disfigurement or visible differences. While each thought-provoking chapter now: - links theory to practice by providing case studies and extracts from therapeutic dialogues - assesses the most recent research findings - provides exercises for enhancing awareness and skills within each different domain or care setting - presents references for further recommended reading. Clearly written and accessible, Anti-discriminatory Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy is an indispensable addition to the toolkit of everyone either training to be or practising in the counselling and psychotherapeutic professions.
Anthony Giddens is widely recognized as one of the most important sociologists of the post-war period, but few works have placed his theory in the context of other theoretical positions and research traditions. Consequently, there is a vagueness about what is unique or different about Giddens' social theory. This volume guides the reader through Giddens' early attempts to overcome the duality of structure and agency. Giddens himself saw this duality as a major failing of social theories of modernity and his bid to solve the problem can be regarded as the key to the development of his trademark "structuration theory". The book investigates the ways in which Giddens' approach to agency and institutions draws on theorists such as Wittgenstein and Goffman, who failed to develop a "macro" approach to sociology. It then turns to his theory of modernity. Here the book examines themes which have become cornerstones of Giddens' later work: the transformation of modern intimacy and sexuality, and the fate of politics in late modern society. The text systematically relates Giddens' theoretical concepts to modern social theory, comparing and contrasting his work with major currents in this area, inclding the work of Habermas, Foucault, Bourdieu, Elias and Parsons, and with schools of thought such as feminism, ethnomethodology, Marxism, symbolic interactionism and postmodernism. The text incorporates insights from many different perspectives into Giddens' theory of structuration, his work on the formation of cultural identities, the dynamics of modernity and the fate of the nation-state.
Anthony Giddens is widely recognized as one of the most important sociologists of the post-war period, but few works have placed his theory in the context of other theoretical positions and research traditions. Consequently, there is a vagueness about what is unique or different about Giddens' social theory. This volume guides the reader through Giddens' early attempts to overcome the duality of structure and agency. Giddens himself saw this duality as a major failing of social theories of modernity and his bid to solve the problem can be regarded as the key to the development of his trademark "structuration theory". The book investigates the ways in which Giddens' approach to agency and institutions draws on theorists such as Wittgenstein and Goffman, who failed to develop a "macro" approach to sociology. It then turns to his theory of modernity. Here the book examines themes which have become cornerstones of Giddens' later work: the transformation of modern intimacy and sexuality, and the fate of politics in late modern society. The text systematically relates Giddens' theoretical concepts to modern social theory, comparing and contrasting his work with major currents in this area, inclding the work of Habermas, Foucault, Bourdieu, Elias and Parsons, and with schools of thought such as feminism, ethnomethodology, Marxism, symbolic interactionism and postmodernism. The text incorporates insights from many different perspectives into Giddens' theory of structuration, his work on the formation of cultural identities, the dynamics of modernity and the fate of the nation-state.
Choose the right methodological tools to answer your research question and know how to use them with this anthology of textual analysis approaches. Each chapter provides not only relevant theoretical background behind each methodology, but also its advantages and challenges, its potential applications, and its relationship to studying social phenomenon. Through step-by-step worked examples of real-world data, you get an in-depth window into each method in action and learn how to apply the same techniques successfully and confidently in your own research. Methods include: * Content analysis * Narrative analysis * Critical discourse studies * Multimodal discourse analysis
Choose the right methodological tools to answer your research question and know how to use them with this anthology of textual analysis approaches. Each chapter provides not only relevant theoretical background behind each methodology, but also its advantages and challenges, its potential applications, and its relationship to studying social phenomenon. Through step-by-step worked examples of real-world data, you get an in-depth window into each method in action and learn how to apply the same techniques successfully and confidently in your own research. Methods include: * Content analysis * Narrative analysis * Critical discourse studies * Multimodal discourse analysis
