Social work literature is saturated with calls to reform social work in diverse and
contradictory ways. This article argues that the profession of social work cannot be reformed …

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 …

This book, from one of international social work's leading radical educators, provides a richly
compelling argument for the profession to become more critical and dissenting. Addressing …

Social work historiography has neglected to engage meaningfully with the most troubling
aspects of the profession's past: the histories of complicity, or at least acquiescence, in acts …

Exploring the current and historical tensions between liberal capitalism and indigenous
models of family life, Ian Kelvin Hyslop argues for a new model of child protection in …

But why 'whiteness'? We are using the idea of whiteness deliberately, to emphasise that the
dominance of Western knowledge systems is inherently racialised. The colonialist project …

This special issue,'Revolutionary social work', is based on our long-standing interest and
engagement in critical and radical social work research, education and praxis, which we …

This book explores how intersectionality theory can be applied to social work practice with
children and families, older people and mental health service users, and used to engage …

Selma Macfarlane, PhD has been involved in social work education for 20 years, primarily
as a Lecturer at Deakin University in Geelong, Victoria. She has publications in the areas of …

Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world
anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We …