...This chapter examines the partnerships between black and ethnic minority voluntary organisations and local government in England as a way to challenge racism. It considers the stresses and strains in maintaining partnerships that are designed to bring about change or challenge oppression...

... violence reduction units enforcement Scarman Report intervention practices over policing of Black neighbourhoods history of oppression racism gang violence troubled families New Labour county lines Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) public health approach This chapter outlines the historical...

...Oppression of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people is an issue with which social workers and social-work educators need to concern themselves. In 1975, Don Milligan wrote a groundbreaking chapter in the Bailey and Brake collection entitled ‘Homosexuality: sexual needs and social...

...This chapter examines the theoretical background of the patient movement. It explains that dominance, whoever holds it, tends to lead to the oppression of subordinate social groups, and shows that patients can be subject to domination and oppression. The chapter discusses Robert Alford's political...

... and assessments (Cheetham, 1982; Ahmed et al, 1986; Sedlacek, 1987; Ahmad, 1990). It draws on Crenshaw’s notion of intersectionality (1989) to illustrate the multi-faceted nature of oppression through the testimony of BME social work students and staff which makes for uncomfortable reading. The chapter gives...

... as well as gay and lesbian campaigners. It highlights the influence of such perspectives on social work training and development and discusses the emergence of radical social work, standpoint theory, anti-racism and anti-oppression. It also explores how the overt politicisation of social work provoked...

...This chapter discusses the depoliticisation of social work in the United Kingdom. It challenges the notion among many of the proponents of anti-racism and anti-oppression that there has been a sustained backlash against their project. It argues that what were seen at the time as radical...

... collective interests as well as the context of local inter-ethnic relations. A constituting feature of local social order is Roma marginalisation and institutional discrimination where waste management plays an important role. Hidden beneath the surface are patterns of class and ethnic oppression - opening...

...This chapter presents three types of projects: forum theatre, video projects, and participation projects. Through forum theatre and video projects, the participants share their lived experiences with oppression, while in participation projects, young people in youthcare have direct influence...

... other risk factors remain. Too many young people are still growing up oppressed, in deprivation and subject to racism, whether this be as a result of over policing or through going to failing schools. The chapter concludes that unless the structural oppression is addressed, young people will always find...

... and across all continents, have challenged violence and oppression and sought to radically transform the profession through their engagement with broader social movements. In their 2004 manifesto that provided the basis for the formation of the Social Work Action Network, ‘Social Work and Social Justice...

...This chapter begins by locating institutional oppression in the English mental health system within its wider sociopolitical and historical context. It does so by introducing the Gramscian notion of the ‘integral state’ to examine the dialectical interaction between the coercive, disciplinary...

...Social work is often presented as a benevolent and politically neutral profession, avoiding discussion about its sometimes troubling political histories. This book rethinks social work’s legacy and history of both political resistance and complicity with oppressive and punitive practices. Using...

...Confessions are commonly viewed as determinative of guilt. Psychological research and documented miscarriages of justice, however, show that confessions are not always reliable: some are induced through oppression, whilst some feel a pressing need to admit ‘guilt’ despite bearing no responsibility...

... politics and ethics while simultaneously recognising human vulnerabilities and interdependencies. Caring labour had been deemed as a key site of oppression and inequality as the job could be mentally and physically taxing. Due to the danger of essentialism, defining gender roles, and equally distributing...

...This chapter explores the factors and features that shape choices on regulation. It begins by discussing the structural factors and oppression, and tries to explain why one favours the idea of modes of regulation. A review of social control, support, and the management of consumption in the welfare...

...This chapter addresses the development of anti-racist practice, cultural competence and anti-oppressive practice and its meaning for social work practice and education. It examines the shift from the use in practice of the approaches of anti-racism through to that of cultural competence and anti...

...This chapter briefly explains the theoretical references forming the context of and guiding the author's work. It reviews some of the practices that characterise the analysis of the oppression of women, which are very relevant for studying violence. The chapter studies the contribution...

...’, inspired by the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, consists of the knowledge, skills, and objects that are given value in a street culture. The chapter also introduces two concepts – ‘gangster discourse’ and ‘oppression discourse’ – to capture the narratives that the young men live by. It combines...