{"product_id":"disrupting-whiteness-in-social-work-sonia-m-tasc-n-9781032083612","title":"Disrupting Whiteness in Social Work","description":"\u003cp\u003eFocussing on the epistemic - the way in which knowledge is understood, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003econstructed, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003etransmitted and used - this book shows the way social work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eknowledge has been constructed from within a white western paradigm, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe need for a critique of whiteness within social work at this epistemic level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial work, emerging from the western Enlightenment world, has privileged\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhite western knowledge in ways that have been, until recently, largely unexamined\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ewithin its professional discourse. This imposition of white western\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eways of knowing has led to a corresponding marginalisation of other forms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eof knowledge. Drawing on views from social workers from Asia, the Pacific\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eregion, Africa, Australia and Latin America, this book also includes a glossary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eof over 40 commonly used social work terms, which are listed with their epistemological\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eassumptions identified. Opening up a debate about the received\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ewisdom of much social work language as well as challenging the epistemological\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eassumptions behind conventional social work practice, this book will be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eof interest to all scholars and students of social work as well as practitioners\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eseeking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eto develop genuinely decolonised forms of practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sonia M. Tasc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032083611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032083612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonia M. Tasc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982095745279,"sku":"9781032083612","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81ad9d1e-5854-4714-b731-6f9f471d2965.jpg?v=1683259203","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/disrupting-whiteness-in-social-work-sonia-m-tasc-n-9781032083612","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}