Building on women's strengths : a social work agenda for the twenty-first century /: a social work agenda for the twenty-first century. (2020)
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- Book
- Title:
- Building on women's strengths : a social work agenda for the twenty-first century /: a social work agenda for the twenty-first century. (2020)
- Main Title:
- Building on women's strengths : a social work agenda for the twenty-first century
- Further Information:
- Note: K. Jean Peterson, Alice A. Lieberman.
- Authors:
- Peterson, K. Jean
Lieberman, Alice A - Other Names:
- Davis, Liane V honouree.
- Contents:
- Contents About the Editors Contributors Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Chapter 1. Why We Still Need a Women's Agenda for Social Work Introduction The Women's Movement and Political Change Reality: A Social and Political Construction Why We Still Need a Women's Agenda for Social Work Chapter 2. Building on the Romance of Women's Innate Strengths: Social Feminism and Its Influence at the Henry Street Settlement, 1893-1993 Introduction Social Feminism The Henry Street Settlement Conclusion Chapter 3. What Is Needed for True Equality: An Overview of Policy Issues for Women Introduction Family, Gender and Class Women's Employment and Economic Well-Being Social Control of Women Through Violence Conclusion Chapter 4. Child Welfare As a Women's Issue: Untangling Gender, Race, and Class Historical Perspective Recent Trends Women and the Child Welfare System Implications for Social Work in the Twenty-First Century Conclusion Chapter 5. Women's Mental Health Issues: Twentieth-Century Realities: Twenty-First Century Challenges Introduction Twentieth-Century Realities--Past to Present Contemporary Issues in Women's Mental Health: The Interplay of Systems, Structures, and Symptoms Twenty-First Century Challenges--Present to Future Empowered Practice in the Twenty-First Century: Ideas for Social Workers Chapter 6. Women, Welfare, and Violence: A Look at the Family Violence Option TANF and the Family Violence Option The Link Between Domestic Violence and WelfareContents About the Editors Contributors Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Chapter 1. Why We Still Need a Women's Agenda for Social Work Introduction The Women's Movement and Political Change Reality: A Social and Political Construction Why We Still Need a Women's Agenda for Social Work Chapter 2. Building on the Romance of Women's Innate Strengths: Social Feminism and Its Influence at the Henry Street Settlement, 1893-1993 Introduction Social Feminism The Henry Street Settlement Conclusion Chapter 3. What Is Needed for True Equality: An Overview of Policy Issues for Women Introduction Family, Gender and Class Women's Employment and Economic Well-Being Social Control of Women Through Violence Conclusion Chapter 4. Child Welfare As a Women's Issue: Untangling Gender, Race, and Class Historical Perspective Recent Trends Women and the Child Welfare System Implications for Social Work in the Twenty-First Century Conclusion Chapter 5. Women's Mental Health Issues: Twentieth-Century Realities: Twenty-First Century Challenges Introduction Twentieth-Century Realities--Past to Present Contemporary Issues in Women's Mental Health: The Interplay of Systems, Structures, and Symptoms Twenty-First Century Challenges--Present to Future Empowered Practice in the Twenty-First Century: Ideas for Social Workers Chapter 6. Women, Welfare, and Violence: A Look at the Family Violence Option TANF and the Family Violence Option The Link Between Domestic Violence and Welfare Domestic Violence and Economic Self-Sufficiency Implementing the Family Violence Option Next Steps Conclusion Chapter 7. Promoting Reentry for Formerly Incarcerated Women: Individual and Community Practice Challenges Introduction Factors Contributing to Postincarceration Recidivism or Successful Reentry Methodology Discussion and Implications Conclusion Chapter 8: Supporting the Strengths of Older Women Contemporary Practice Issues Economic Security Health Care Social Interaction Contemporary Practice Issues Contemporary Policy Issues Conclusion Chapter 9. Beyond Women of Color, Welfare, and Identity Politics Welfare Herstory: History Retold Case Illustration: Vanessa Beyond Race or Gender Issues Chapter 10. Lesbians and Bisexual Women: Relevant Policy and Practice Issues Sociocultural Context Homophobia and Heterosexism Coming Out and “Passing” Social Policy Issues Practice Issues Conclusions Chapter 11. Overturning Oppression: An Analysis of Emancipatory Change Introduction The Genealogy of Oppression Hidden Dynamics of Oppression Intimations of Emancipation Emancipatory Change in Social Work Concluding Thoughts Chapter 12. Changing Women's Narratives: Taking Back the Discourse Introduction Story, Knowledge, and Power Women, Language, and Story Language and the Mental Health Professions Implications for Practice Index Reference Notes Included … (more)
- Edition:
- Second edition
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 362.83
Social work with women
Women -- Social conditions - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000081374
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781000081350
9781000081367
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