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• BRIEF CONTENTS
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF FIGURES
• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• THE AUTHOR
• INTRODUCTION
• Structure and outline
• Important note
• CHAPTER 1: EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
• CHAPTER OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• What is discrimination?
• Good practice is anti-discriminatory practice
• A sophisticated understanding of discrimination is called for
• Equality
• Diversity
• Social justice
• Oppression
• Multiple oppressions
• Avoiding medicalization
• Conclusion
• Food for thought
• Further resources
• CHAPTER 2: THE THEORY BASE
• CHAPTER OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• Social divisions and social structure
• Class
• Gender
• Race and ethnicity
• Age
• Disability
• Sexuality
• Religion
• PCS analysis
• Structured inequalities and institutional discrimination
• PCS analysis: a note of caution
• Ideology: the power of ideas
• The role of language
• Discrimination
• Oppression
• Anti-discriminatory practice
• Equality
• Equal opportunities
• Diversity
• Prejudice
• Commonalities and differences
• Food for thought
• Further resources
• CHAPTER 3: GENDER AND SEXISM
• CHAPTER OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• What is sexism?
• The implications for social work
• The feminist response
• Sexism and men
• Towards anti-sexist practice
• Food for thought
• Further resources
• CHAPTER 4: ETHNICITY AND RACISM
• CHAPTER OVERVIEW
• 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
• Food for thought
• Further resources
• CHAPTER 5: AGEISM AND ALIENATION
• CHAPTER OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• What is ageism?
• The implications for social work
• The anti-ageist response
• Multiple oppressions
• Towards anti-ageist practice
• Food for thought
• Further resources
• CHAPTER 6: DISABILITY AND SOCIAL HANDICAP
• CHAPTER OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• What is disablism?
• The implications for social work
• The anti-disablist response: The Disabled People’s Movement
• Multiple oppressions
• Towards anti-disablist practice
• Food for thought
• Further resources
• CHAPTER 7: SEXUAL IDENTITY AND HETEROSEXISM
• CHAPTER OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• What is heterosexism?
• The implications for social work
• Staff experiences
• Client experiences
• The anti-heterosexist response
• Multiple oppressions
• Towards anti-heterosexist practice
• Food for thought
• Further resources
• CHAPTER 8: FAITH AND RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
• CHAPTER OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• What is religious discrimination?
• Sectarianism
• Islamophobia
• The implications for social work
• The anti-discriminatory response
• Multiple oppressions
• Towards anti-discriminatory practice
• Food for thought
• Further resources
• 9: CONCLUSION
• CHAPTER OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• The main themes
• Power
• Diversity
• PCS analysis
• Ideology
• Oppression
• Empowerment
• No middle road
• The way forward
• Positive steps
• Dangers
• REFERENCES
• INDEX