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Race, racism and social work : contemporary issues and debates / edited by Michael Lavalette and Laura Penketh.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781447307099 (ebook)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification:
  • 305.8 23
LOC classification:
  • HT1521 .R33 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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