This book, by one of the leading theorists of social work, tackles a subject of crucial importance to students and practitioners alike: how social workers can enable their clients to challenge and transcend the manifold oppressions that disempower them (whether through poverty, …
"Lena Dominelli is Professor of Social and Community Development and Director of the Centre for International Social and Community Development, University of Southampton, and President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work."--Jacket.
"Lena Dominelli is Professor of Social and Community Development and Director of the Centre for International Social and Community Development, University of Southampton, and President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work."--Jacket.
"Mama," writes Brenda Richardson, "you taught me how a black woman could survive and prevail in this world . . . but because you never learned yourself, you couldn't teach me how to make love work. . . . I don't mean any disrespect, Mama, but . . . now I have children of my own.…
The fist edition of this book was a pioneering work in the newly emerging field of liberation psychology. This revised and updated edition provides an up-to-date review of the latest international developments in liberation psychology, feminist psychology and critical psychology…