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• Brief contents
• Contents
• List of Figures
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• The author
• Introduction
• Structure and outline
• Important note
• 1 Equality, diversity and social justice
• Introduction
• What is discrimination?
• Equality
• Diversity
• Social justice
• Oppression
• Avoiding medicalization
• Conclusion
• 2 The theory base
• Introduction
• Social divisions and social structure
• PCS analysis
• Structured inequalities and institutional discrimination
• Ideology: the power of ideas
• The role of language
• Commonalities and differences
• 3 Gender and sexism
• Introduction
• What is sexism?
• The implications for social work
• The feminist response
• Sexism and men
• Towards anti-sexist practice
• 4 Ethnicity and racism
• Introduction
• What is racism?
• Language, nation and region
• The implications for social work
• The anti-racist response
• Race, class and gender
• Towards anti-racist practice
• 5 Ageism and alienation
• Introduction
• What is ageism?
• The implications for social work
• The anti-ageist response
• Multiple oppressions
• Towards anti-ageist practice
• 6 Disability and social handicap
• Introduction
• What is disablism?
• The implications for social work
• The anti-disablist response: the Disabled People’s Movement
• Multiple oppressions
• Towards anti-disablist practice
• 7 Sexuality and heterosexism
• Introduction
• What is heterosexism?
• The implications for social work
• The anti-heterosexist response
• Multiple oppressions
• Towards anti-heterosexist practice
• 8 Faith and religious discrimination
• Introduction
• What is religious discrimination?
• The implications for social work
• The anti-discriminatory response
• Multiple oppressions
• Towards anti-discriminatory practice
• 9 Conclusion
• Introduction
• The main themes
• The way forward
• References
• index