Doing Anti-Oppressive Social Work, 4th Edition

"Doing Anti-Oppressive Practice - this fourth collection, co-edited by Donna Baines, Natalie Clark and Bindi Bennett, builds on the great foundations of the previous editions. This edition emphasizes the importance of First Nations, Metis and Inuit knowledges and their contributions to anti-oppressive practice and resistance to oppressive and destructive colonialist practices. Its seventeen chapters cover many aspects of identity, celebrating social constructs of reality and intersectionality within identities, especially within the Canadian context. In discussing the many dimensions of this story, the book highlights the role social workers, embedded within state structures, have played in oppressing marginalised and disenfranchised groups. It also provides salutary reminders of having social work's commitment to equality and valuing diversity observed and enhanced not only in Canada/Turtle Island, but more widely throughout the world to live up to its espoused ideals."--Lena Dominelli, Social Work, University of Stirling
"I have loved teaching from this book because it so helpfully explores the most pressing issues for social work in Canada by drawing on the most exciting voices in the discipline. This new edition, once again, demonstrates how a conceptually informed approach to exclusion and marginalization is the unique framework that social work contributes to helping practices and social transformation."--Sarah Todd, School of Social Work, Carleton University
"Important topics, central to social work practitioners in every field and educators who wish to address individual/familial/community issues of diverse vulnerable persons and groups within a social justice framework."--Mary Valentich, professor emerita, Social Work, University of Calgary