(Routledge Advances in Social Work) 1st Edition
by Nilan Yu (Editor)
Almost everywhere across the
world, economic inequality has been rising within and across national
borders. The vision of a fairer world embodied in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights is being assailed by the advance of
conservative ideology aided by vitriolic right-wing populism sweeping
across the globe. Neoliberal ideology has had a profound impact in the
shaping social work and human services at the frontlines.
This
book contributes to scholarship in critical practice and theory. It does
so by exploring a practice approach steeped in the critical tradition
that has hitherto received inordinately nominal attention in social work
literature. The book features accounts of consciousness-raising in a
variety of contexts – caste relations, race and religion, gender and
sexuality, disability and social class. The narratives are meant to
tease out conceptions and potential applications of
consciousness-raising as an approach for critical practice. It will be
of interest to practitioners, educators and students of social work,
community development, social development and social pedagogy as well as
those engaged in the promotion of human rights and social justice.
