
Critical Multicultural Social Work is the first book to explore multicultural practice from a critical perspective. The authors provide tools and techniques that enable readers to recognize their own perspectives and find meaning and importance in what they learn. The text examines oppression and diversity across multiple dimensions, including race and ethnicity, gender, sex and sexual orientation, and ability/disability. In addition to presenting the history of diversity as well as a basic framework for evaluating the issue, the authors guide practitioners through enlightened self-reflection to encourage awareness and sensitivity as they work with clients.
This text investigates how social work practitioners can integrate a critical multicultural framework into their professional practice to better address systemic oppression. The authors, a team of experienced social work educators and practitioners, utilize a combination of historical analysis, sociological theory, and reflective exercises to provide a structured approach for evaluating diversity. Their primary argument posits that effective practice requires a synthesis of self-awareness, an understanding of power dynamics, and the application of critical social justice principles.
What You Will Find
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Practitioners and educators frequently cite this work as a foundational text for introducing critical theory into social work curricula. Readers often note the academic density of the prose, which is balanced by practical exercises designed to bridge the gap between theory and field application.
Page Count:
136
Publication Date:
2008-04-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190615974
ISBN-13:
9780190615970
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