The New Structural Social Work: Ideology, Theory, and Practice / Edition 4

by Bob Mullaly, Marilyn Dupre

Overview

The New Structural Social Work presents a coherent and consistent theory of progressive social work. With oppression as its central focus, the text demonstrates the shortcoming of welfare capitalism as a social system and how conventional social work fails to respond to systemic social problems. Emphasizing a progressive social work ethic, this text explores how students can incorporate a radical alternative to conventional social work within their own practice. Authors Bob Mullaly and Marilyn Dupre have fully updated this much-anticipated new edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199022946
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/10/2018
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Bob Mullaly is senior scholar and former dean in the Faculty of Social Work at University of Manitoba. Previously, he taught in the Department of Social Work at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, and in the social work program that he founded at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He has co-authored the recent third edition of Challenging Oppression and Confronting Privilege with Juliana West (OUP Canada, 2018).

Marilyn Dupre is assistant professor and director of the School of Social Work at St. Thomas University. She has previously taught in social work departments at Carleton University and University of Manitoba. Marilyn has published articles in Social Work Education, and her research interests include structural social work theory and practice, critical anti-oppressive theory and practice, and critical disability studies and social work education. In addition to her scholarship, she has a long history of in-service social work practice, including four years as the child welfare program manager for the Government of New Brunswick.

Table of Contents

BoxesAcknowledgementsPrefacePart1: In Search of a Paradigm1. The Social Work Vision: A Progressive ViewIntroductionConventional and Progressive Perspectives within Social WorkNeed for a Progressive Social Work VisionThe Fundamental Values of Social WorkThe Secondary (Instrumental) Values of Social WorkA Progressive Perspective of Social Work IdeologySocial Work and Social ProblemsThe Ideal Social Welfare System: A Progressive ViewConclusionCritical Questions2. Capitalism, Crises, and ParadigmsIntroductionThe Changing Face of CapitalismThe Globalization ThesisThe Crisis of the Welfare State in an Age of GlobalizationSocial Work in CrisisHopeful SignsThe Concepts of Ideology and ParadigmUtility of the Paradigm Concept for Social WorkConclusionCritical Questions3. The Neo-conservative ParadigmIntroductionConservatismNeo-conservatismViews of the Nature of Humans, Society, the State, Social Justice, and Social ChangeSocial BeliefsEconomic BeliefsPolitical BeliefsView of Social ProblemsView of Social WelfareSocial Work Practice within the Neo-conservative ParadigmCritique of the Neo-conservative ParadigmConclusionCritical Questions4. The Liberal and Neo-liberal ParadigmsIntroductionLiberalism(s)Views of the Nature of Humans, Society, the State, Social Justice, and Social ChangeSocial BeliefsEconomic BeliefsPolitical BeliefsView of Social ProblemsView of Social WelfareSocial Work Practice within the Liberal ParadigmCanada as a Liberal StateCritique of the Liberal ParadigmLiberal Hegemony in Social WorkConclusionCritical Questions5. The Social Democratic ParadigmIntroductionSocialismSocial DemocracyViews of the Nature of Humans, Society, the State, Social Justice, and Social ChangeSocial BeliefsEconomic BeliefsPolitical BeliefsView of Social ProblemsView of Social WelfareSocial Work Practice within the Social Democratic ParadigmCritique of the Social Democratic ParadigmCurrent Status of Social Democracy in Three Anglo-democraciesConclusionCritical Questions6. The Marxist ParadigmIntroductionMarxismViews of the Nature of Humans, Society, the State, Social Justice, and Social ChangeSocial BeliefsEconomic BeliefsPolitical BeliefsView of Social ProblemsView of Social WelfareSocial Work Practice within the Marxist ParadigmCritique of the Marxist ParadigmContributions of Marxism to Social Work in Anglo-democraciesConclusionCritical Questions7. Feminist, Anti-racist, and Postmodern CritiquesIntroductionFeminist CritiqueAnti-racist CritiquePostmodern CritiqueConclusionCritical QuestionsPart 2: Structural Social Work Theory and Oppression8. A Reconstructed Theory of Structural Social WorkIntroductionSocialist IdeologyThe Heritage of Structural Social Work TheoryThe Imperative of Theory for Social WorkOrder and Conflict/Change PerspectivesStructural Social Work as a Critical Social TheoryThe Dialectic in Structural Social WorkStructural Social Work: A Conceptual FrameworkConclusionCritical Questions9. Oppression: The Focus of Structural Social WorkIntroductionThe Nature of OppressionOppression as a Social Justice IssueThe Origins of Modern-Day Oppression and the Politics of IdentityThe Dynamics of OppressionLevels of OppressionThe Multiplicity and Persistence of OppressionForms of OppressionOppression as Structural ViolenceResponses of Oppressed People to Their OppressionStructural Social Work with Oppressed GroupsConclusionCritical Questions10. Overview of PrivilegeIntroductionThe Nature of PrivilegeDynamics of PrivilegePersonal, Cultural, and Structural Levels of PrivilegeWhy Dominant Groups Do Not See Privilege as a ProblemA Taxonomy of Everyday Examples of Unearned PrivilegeSocial Work and PrivilegeWhat Can We Do? Pedagogy of PrivilegeConclusionCritical QuestionsPart 3: Structural Social Work: Practice Elements11. Working within (and against) the System: Radical HumanismIntroductionWorking with Service UsersConsciousness-RaisingIn the Belly of the Beast: Surviving and Changing the WorkplaceConclusionCritical Questions12. Working outside (and against) the System: Radical Structuralism and Working within OurselvesIntroductionWorking outside and against the SystemChallenging and Resisting the Dominant OrderThe Moral Premise of Social Welfare: Universal Human NeedsWorking within OurselvesMaking the Political Personal in Our Own LivesCritical QuestionsNotesBibliographyIndex