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Feminist social work

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Social Work

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It might be assumed that, because social work is a female profession with its work being predominantly by women with women, it is at the very least woman-centred, if not totally accepting of feminist approaches. To assess how far social work has incorporated feminist analyses, it is necessary to explore feminist theories and to identify how these have contributed to developments in social work practice.

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Further reading

  • Cavanagh, K. and Cree, V. E. (eds) (1996) Working With Men: Feminism and Social Work, The State of Welfare (London, Routledge). A collection of practice accounts which explore the contribution that feminism has made to working with men.

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  • Dominelli, L. and McLeod, E. (1989) Feminist Social Work (London, Macmillan). An exploration of feminist approaches to both social work interventions and the organisations which deliver the services.

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  • Hanmer, J. and Statham, D. (1988) Women and Social Work: Towards a Woman-centred Practice (London, Macmillan). An introductory text which focuses on women-centred practice, offering opportunities for women workers to explore commonalities and diversities.

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  • Langan, M. and Day, L. (eds) (1992) Women, Oppression and Social Work: Issues in Anti-discriminatory Practice (London, Routledge). Focusing on women, a comprehensive edited collection of practice accounts of interventions in the lives of women by women workers, the complexities and the consequences.

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  1. Joan Orme
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, UK

    Robert Adams (Professor of Human Services Development) (Professor of Human Services Development)

  2. Department of Social Work Studies, University of Southampton, UK

    Lena Dominelli (Professor of Social and Community Development) (Professor of Social and Community Development)

  3. Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

    Malcolm Payne (Professor of Applied Community Studies) (Professor of Applied Community Studies)

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© 1998 Joan Orme

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Orme, J. (1998). Feminist social work. In: Adams, R., Dominelli, L., Payne, M., Campling, J. (eds) Social Work. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14400-6_18

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