Race, Racism and Social Work : : Contemporary issues and debates / / ed. by Michael Lavalette, Laura Penketh.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Burke, Beverley,; Fekete, Liz,; Gillett, Susan,; Greener, Joe,; Harrison, Philomena,; Jenkins, Gareth,; Lavalette, Michael,; Levine, Barrie,; Moran, Rhetta,; Orr, Judith,; Penketh, Laura,; Singh, Gurnam,; Stamp, Dave,; Urh, Špela,; Williams, Charlotte,
• HerausgeberIn: Lavalette, Michael,; Penketh, Laura,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (276 p.)

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 new book, Lavalette and Penketh reveal that racism towards Britain’s minority ethnic groups has undergone a process of change. They affirm the importance of social work to address issues of ‘race’ and racism in education and training by presenting a critical review of a this demanding aspect of social work practice. Original in its approach, and with diverse perspectives from key practitioners in the field, the authors examine contemporary anti-racism, including racism towards Eastern European migrants, Roma people and asylum seekers. It also considers the implications of contemporary racism for current practice. This is essential reading for anyone academically or professionally interested in social work, and the developments in this field of study post 9/11.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Some terms and definitions -- Race, racism and social work -- Rethinking anti-racist social work in a neoliberal age -- The growth of xeno-racism and Islamophobia in Britain -- The catalysers: ‘black’ professionals and the anti-racist movement -- “Same, same, but different” -- Antisemitism and anti-racist social work -- Anti-Roma racism in Europe: past and recent perspectives -- In defence of multiculturalism? -- Social work and Islamophobia: identity formation among second and third generation Muslim women in north-west England -- Institutionalised Islamophobia and the ‘Prevent’ agenda: ‘winning hearts and minds’ or welfare as surveillance and control? -- ‘Street-grooming’, sexual abuse and Islamophobia: an anatomy of the Rochdale abuse scandal1 -- My people? -- Twenty-first century eugenics? A case study about the Merton Test -- The role of immigration policies in the exploitation of migrant care workers: an ethnographic exploration -- Race, racism and social work today: some concluding thoughts -- Bibliography -- Index