Confronting Injustice and Oppression: Concepts and Strategies for Social Workers / Edition 1

by David Gil

Overview

How can injustice and oppression be overcome and prevented, regardless of who the victims are? What are the meanings, sources, and dynamics of these dehumanizing conditions? David Gil brings to these questions a lifetime of experience in social action and in social work practice and education. Writing for human services professionals, students, and activists, he sounds the call to embrace the core values of radical social work: equality, liberty, cooperation, and affirmation of community in pursuit of individual and social development. Gil identifies violence, unemployment, racism, and poverty as the chief injustices in society, and outlines the steps that must be taken in order to confront and abolish these through education and activism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231106733
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	03/11/1998
Series:	Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

David G. Gil is professor of social policy and director of the Center for Social Change, The Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare at Brandeis University.

Table of Contents

Theoretical and Historical Perspectives Injustice and Oppression
Meanings, Links, and Alternatives Injustice and Oppression
Origins, Evolution, Dynamics, and Consequences
Social-Change Strategies to Overcome Injustice and Oppression
Dilemmas and Vicissitudes of Social Work
Implications for Policy, Practice, and Organizing
Transition Policies Beyond Poverty, Unemployment, and Discrimination
Social-Change Oriented "Radical" Practice

Editorial Reviews

An excellent theoretical framework for implementing policies and strategies to overcome the degrading conditions of injustice and oppression.

Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Heal - Brian Henrie

An excellent theoretical framework for implementing policies and strategies to overcome the degrading conditions of injustice and oppression.

Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Heal - Brian Henrie

An excellent theoretical framework for implementing policies and strategies to overcome the degrading conditions of injustice and oppression.

— Brian Henrie, Arizona State University

Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Heal

An excellent theoretical framework for implementing policies and strategies to overcome the degrading conditions of injustice and oppression.

— Brian Henrie, Arizona State University

Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Heal

Gil provides in this book an excellent theoretical framework for implementing policies and strategies to overcome the degrading conditions of injustice and oppression.

Brian Henrie