Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover
  • Textbook
  • © 2002

Feminist Social Work Theory and Practice

Authors:

Editors:

  1. Lena Dominelli
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  1. Jo Campling
    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Taps a real and longstanding gap in the market for a text that makes sense of recent feminist theorising in relation to social work practice

    Refers to gender issues and feminist theory which are abiding concerns in social work education

    Author's international reputation as a writer and lecturer

Sections

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check for access.

Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
    PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Lena Dominelli
    Pages 1-16

  3. Theorising Feminist Social Work Practice

    • Lena Dominelli
    Pages 17-40

  5. Redefining Professionalism

    • Lena Dominelli
    Pages 64-83

  6. Working with Men

    • Lena Dominelli
    Pages 84-104

  7. Working with Children and Families

    • Lena Dominelli
    Pages 105-124

  8. Working with Adults

    • Lena Dominelli
    Pages 125-143

  9. Working with Offenders

    • Lena Dominelli
    Pages 144-160

  10. Conclusions

    • Lena Dominelli
    Pages 161-165

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 166-193
    PDF
Back to top

About this book

Feminist theories of social work have been criticised in recent years for treating women as a uniform category and displaying insufficient sensitivity to the complex ways in which other social divisions (those of race, age, disability, etc.) impact on gender relations. This major text by a leading writer in the field seeks to develop a new framework for feminist social work that takes on board postmodernist arguments to do with difference and power yet retains a commitment to collective solidarity and social change. As such, it will be essential reading for students, educators and practitioners alike in social work.
Back to top

Keywords

Back to top

About the author

LENA DOMINELLI is Professor of Social and Community Development at the University of Southampton and President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work. She has worked as a social worker, probation officer and community worker and is the author of 14 books, the most recent being Anti-Racist Social Work (second edition), Sociology for Social Work and Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates (co-edited with Robert Adams and Malcolm Payne).
Back to top

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Feminist Social Work Theory and Practice

  • Authors: Lena Dominelli

  • Editors: Jo Campling

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-62820-5

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2002

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 193

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Ethics and Values in Social Work

Back to top

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top
Access via your institution

Search

Navigation