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Promoting Equality

Challenging Discrimination and Oppression

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  1. Neil Thompson
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  1. Jo Campling
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    Practice examples have been extended out further to increase their relevance to non social work occupations (nursing and other professions allied to medicine, etc.)
    Theoretical debates brought bang uptodate

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. Introduction

    • Neil Thompson, Jo Campling
    Pages 1-5

  3. Theoretical Foundations

    • Neil Thompson, Jo Campling
    Pages 6-43

  4. Power

    • Neil Thompson, Jo Campling
    Pages 44-80

  5. Discrimination and Oppression

    • Neil Thompson, Jo Campling
    Pages 81-113

  6. Health

    • Neil Thompson, Jo Campling
    Pages 114-146

  7. Learning from the Past

    • Neil Thompson, Jo Campling
    Pages 147-181

  8. The Organizational Context

    • Neil Thompson, Jo Campling
    Pages 182-217

  9. Conclusion: Strategies for Promoting Equality

    • Neil Thompson, Jo Campling
    Pages 218-236

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 237-261
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About this book

In this revised and updated edition, Neil Thompson presents a clear and accessible analysis of the complexities of discrimination and oppression and the challenges of making equality practice a reality. Critical of the orthodoxies and oversimplications of 'political correctness', Promoting Equality combines analysis and understanding of the latest theory with practice examples and insights. This important book will be of value to students, practitioners, managers and educators in a variety of professions and settings concerned with people and their problems, and will play a major part in promoting equality and valuing diversity.
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About the author

NEIL THOMPSON is a highly respected writer, teacher and adviser, with over 32 years' experience in the people professions. He has held full or honorary professorships at four UK universities, and is now a sought-after trainer, consultant and conference speaker. He is the editor-in-chief of two online communities (Well-being Zone: www.well-beingzone.com and Social Work Focus: www.socialworkfocus.com). His personal website is at www.neilthompson.info.
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