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Social work and social justice : conversations with activists

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dc.contributor.advisor Schenck, C. J.
dc.contributor.author Harlingten, Leora
dc.date.accessioned 2013-08-07T11:51:43Z
dc.date.available 2013-08-07T11:51:43Z
dc.date.issued 2013-02
dc.identifier.citation Harlingten, Leora (2013) Social work and social justice: conversations with activists, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10368> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10368
dc.description.abstract Change directed at social justice has been partial at best because it leaves the larger unequal context and structures in place. Social work generally takes place in the context of unequal power relation on individual/cultural/structural levels. The inquiry’s aim is to broaden the perspective on change to facilitate social justice. A qualitative approach that is exploratory and descriptive with a flare of phenomenology was used. Anti-oppressive constructionist research is the point of departure. As such the research attempts to be consistent with values of equality where participants are partners and share in the creation of the inquiry. So in the beginning only preliminary questions designed to provide context and stimulate thought about change are explored. The goals and objectives of the inquiry are to discover and describe the perceptions of activists and literature thus expanding meanings of social justice and how it can be facilitated. In the inquiry, motivation to work for change, what is needed to facilitate social justice, what blocks change for social justice and the values and principles that underlie change for social justice are explored. The inquiry asks the question: How can social workers and the profession of social work facilitate change for social justice? en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (xi, 300 pages)
dc.language.iso en en
dc.rights University of South Africa
dc.subject Anti-oppression en
dc.subject Social Work en
dc.subject Social Justice en
dc.subject Canadian Social Work en
dc.subject Constructionism en
dc.subject Social Activists en
dc.subject Facilitating Social Change en
dc.subject.ddc 361.320971
dc.subject.lcsh Social service -- Canada en
dc.subject.lcsh Social constructionism -- Canada en
dc.subject.lcsh Social justice -- Canada en
dc.title Social work and social justice : conversations with activists en
dc.type Thesis en
dc.description.department Social Work en
dc.description.degree D. Phil (Social Work)


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