Race, Racism and Social Work: Contemporary Issues and Debates

by Laura Penketh and Michael Lavalette

Book Overview

This volume contends that British social work education has not fully acknowledged the evolution of structural and institutionalized racism in the United Kingdom and continental Europe. Tracing the ways in which racism toward Britain's ethnic minority groups has changed, the contributors--many of them key practitioners in the field--argue that social work training should fully integrate anti-racist practices that reflect contemporary realities. In...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447307070
• ISBN13: 9781447307075
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"