In the aftermath of the global banking crises, a political economy of permanent state austerity
has emerged, driven by and legitimated through a hardening anti-welfare commonsense …

For every group that is oppressed, another group is privileged. Here, Bob Pease argues that
privilege, as the other side of oppression, has received insufficient attention in both critical …

How can professionals learn more easily from their own experience? How can critical
reflection be performed in a structured way? How can professionals maintain a critically …

This is an illuminating and topical study, which skilfully blends together theoretical and
empirical analysis in search of the" citizen-consumer". It should become a key text for all with …

New Labour has paid considerable attention to citizenship. In this paper I explore the
different ways in which citizens have been addressed and affected by New Labour policies …

The present paper analyses the functions of the mental health system in relation to the
economic organisation of society, using concepts derived from Marx's work on political …

In August 2006, along with other British social work academics, I was fortunate enough to
attend the International Association of Schools of Social Work Conference in Santiago …

Without a doubt, structural and institutionalised racism is still present in Britain and Europe, a
factor that social work education and training has been slow to acknowledge. In this timely …

What do social workers need to know in order to practise skilfully and effectively? Edited by
three Social Work's leading scholars, the second edition of this highly respected textbook …

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