Anti-oppressive practice social care and the law - Dalrymple, Jane (Open University Press, 2006)
Previous edition: 1995. - Includes index. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
Front Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of statutes; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; Forward; Introduction; Chapter 1 Anti-oppressive practice ten years on; PART I UNPACKING CONCEPTS: SETTING THE TERMS OF THE DEBATE; Chapter 2 Some essential elements of anti-oppressive theory; Chapter 3 Use of the law: contradictions and dilemmas; PART II A MODEL OF ANTI-OPPRESSIVE PRACTICE: PRINCIPLES FOR ACTION; Chapter 4 Values; Chapter 5 Empowerment; Chapter 6 Partnership; Chapter 7 Minimal intervention; Chapter 8 Implications for practice
Challenges the notion that anti-oppressive practice has lost its potency or became commodified into a professional response to inequalities. This book explores key questions including - is anti-oppressive practice relevant in contemporary practice? can law be used as an empowering tool? and, can the law be used to develop anti-oppressive practice?