{"product_id":"disrupting-whiteness-in-social-work","title":"Disrupting Whiteness in Social Work","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Focussing on the epistemic - the way in which knowledge is understood, \u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;constructed, \u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;transmitted and used - this book shows the way social work\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;knowledge has been constructed from within a white western paradigm, and\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;the need for a critique of whiteness within social work at this epistemic level.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Social work, emerging from the western Enlightenment world, has privileged\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;white western knowledge in ways that have been, until recently, largely unexamined\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;within its professional discourse. This imposition of white western\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;ways of knowing has led to a corresponding marginalisation of other forms\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;of knowledge. Drawing on views from social workers from Asia, the Pacific\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;region, Africa, Australia and Latin America, this book also includes a glossary\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;of over 40 commonly used social work terms, which are listed with their epistemological\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;assumptions identified. Opening up a debate about the received\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;wisdom of much social work language as well as challenging the epistemological\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;assumptions behind conventional social work practice, this book will be\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;of interest to all scholars and students of social work as well as practitioners\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;seeking\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;to develop genuinely decolonised forms of practice.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sonia M. Tascón, Jim Ife\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2021-06-30\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e en\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781032083612\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47630684487870,"sku":"9781032083612","price":37.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/0592\/5054\/files\/12442673482555.jpg?v=1781451475","url":"https:\/\/bookshopnow.com\/products\/disrupting-whiteness-in-social-work","provider":"Book Shop Now","version":"1.0","type":"link"}