For years anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice have been embedded in the social work landscape. Thinking beyond the mainstream approaches, this book critically examines some of the core concepts and issues in social work, providing fresh perspectives and opportunities for educators, students and practitioners of social work.

Foreword; H. Cosis Brown Introduction; C.Cocker and T.Hafford-Letchfield PART I: POWER 1. Social Work Identity, Power and Selfhood: A Re-imagining; P. Dunk-West 2. Judith Butler, Power and Social Work; L. Green and B. Featherstone 3. The Law, Professional Ethics and Anti-Oppressive Social Work; S E. Laird 4. Working with Young Separated Asylum Seekers PART II: DISCOURSE 5. Ableism as Transformative Practice;F.Campbell-Kumari 6. A Critical Analysis of Service User Struggles; S. Cowden and G. Singh 7. Research Ethics: An Indigenous Fijian Project;L. Meo-Sewabu PART III: SUBJECTIVITY 8. The Subject of Social Work: Towards A New Perspective on Discrimination; S.Webb 9. Critical Perspectives on Intersectionality; C. Bernard and J. Campbell 10. Racism, Sectarianism and Social Work PART IV: DECONSTRUCTION 11. Deconstructing the Language of Anti-Oppressive Practice in Social Work; D. Turney 12. Transcending the Politics of 'Difference' and 'Diversity'?; P M. Garrett 13. Deconstructing the Family; S.Hicks 14. Deconstructing Sexuality in Anti-Oppressive Practice; D.Jeyasingham.