Social work is often presented as a benevolent and politically neutral profession, avoiding discussion about its sometimes troubling political histories.
This book rethinks social works legacy and history of both political resistance and complicity with oppressive and punitive practices. Using a comparative approach with international case studies, the book uncovers the role of social workers in politically tense episodes of recent history, including the anti-racist struggle in the US and the impact of colonialism in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
As the de-colonisation of curricula and the Black Lives Matter movement gain momentum, this fascinating book skilfully navigates social works collective political past while considering its future.
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"This is an important book examining social work's collective past in order to ensure a future where human rights and social justice are upheld in marginalized communities." Professional Social Work
Part 1: Making Amends With the Past
1. Learning From the Past To Shape the Future: Uncovering Social Works
Histories of Complicity and Resistance Vasilios Ioakimidis and Aaron
Wyllie
Part 2: Legacies of Colonialism and Racism in Social Work
2. Canadian Social Work and the Sixties Scoop: Reflections on the Past,
Lessons for Today Filipe Duarte and Patrick Selmi
3. Reconciling Systemic Abuse of Children and Young Women With Social Works
Commitment to a Human Rights, Transformative Practice Carolyn Noble
4. The Oppressive History of 'Child Welfare' Systems and the Need for
Abolition Alan J. Dettlaff and Victoria Copeland
5. Colonial and Apartheid South Africa: Social Work Complicity and Resistance
Linda Harms-Smith and Yasmin Turton
Part 3: Social Works Contested Ideologies
6. Social Services in Nazi Germany and the Role of Social Workers Between
Complicity and Rare Resistance Carola Kuhlmann
7. Social Assistance in Francos Fascist Spain (19391975): A History of
Social Control, Family Segregation and Stolen Babies Marķa Inés Martķnez
Herrero
8. Social Work in Times of Political Violence: Dictatorships and Acts of
Resistance From the Southern Cone Gianinna Muńoz-Arce and Melisa
Campana-Alabarce
9. Trade Union Mobilisation, Resistance and Political Action of Social
Workers in Portugal Pedro Gabriel Silva and Alcina Martins
10. The Radical Roots of Popular Social Work in Palestine Michael
Lavalette
Part 4: Social Works Complicity With Institutionalisation and Detention
11. Institutionalisation and Oppression Within the Mental Health System in
England: Social Work Complicity and Resistance Rich Moth
12. A Refugee Crisis or a Crisis of Anti-Immigrant Politics? Hostile Refugee
Reception, the Pandemic and New Solidarities in Cyprus Nicos Trimikliniotis
and Vassilis Tsianos
13. Institutionalisation of Certain Children and Mothers in Ireland:
Reflections on the Troubled History of Child Welfare Social Work Caroline
McGregor
Part 5: Survivor Perspectives and Contemporary Reflections
14. Facing the Legacy of Social Work: Coming to Terms With Complicity in
Systemic Inequality and Social Injustice Bob Pease
15. We Want Social Workers To Hear Our Story: Learning From Parents Whose
Children Were Taken Away Guy Shennan
16. Decolonisation and Critical Social Work Pedagogies Caroline Bald and
Akudo Amadiegwu
17. Adoption Social Work Practice in Ireland: Critical Reflections on
Present-Day Injustices Claire McGettrick
Vasilios Ioakimidis is Professor of Social Work at the University of Essex and the University of West Attica. He is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg.
Aaron Wyllie is Lecturer at the Centre for Social Work and Social Justice at the University of Essex.
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