Contents
Boxes
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Oppression: An Overview
Introduction
Diversity, Difference, and Oppression
Social Work Approaches to Difference
The Nature of Oppression
Oppression as a Social Justice Issue
The Genealogy of Modern-Day Oppression and the Politics of Identity
The Dynamics of Oppression
Forms of Oppression
Personal, Cultural, and Structural Levels of Oppression
Conclusion
Critical Questions for Discussion
Further Readings
2. Privilege: An Overview
Introduction
The Nature of Privilege
Dynamics of Privilege
Personal, Cultural, and Structural Levels of Privilege
Why Dominant Groups Do Not See Privilege as a Problem
A Taxonomy of Everyday Examples of Unearned Privilege
Social Work and Privilege
Pedagogy of Privilege
Conclusion
Critical Questions for Discussion
Further Readings
3. Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations
Introduction
Social Problems: The Great Paradox of the Helping Profession
Order and Conflict/Change Perspectives
Critical Social Theory
Critical Social Work Theory
Modernism and Postmodernism
Major Concepts Associated with Oppression/Anti-Oppression Framework
Conclusion
Critical Questions for Discussion
Further Readings
4. Oppression and Privilege at the Personal Level
Introduction
Normalizing Gaze and Objectified Bodies
Acts of Oppression at the Personal Level
Effects of Oppression on the Individual
Surviving Oppression: Responses of Oppressed People at the Personal Level
Acts of Privilege at the Personal Level
Conclusion
Critical Questions for Discussion
Further Readings
5. Oppression and Privilege at the Cultural Level
Introduction
Culture (the "Poor Cousin" in Social Work)
The Dominant Culture
Popular/Mass Culture
Critical Social Theories of Culture
Stereotypes as Cultural Expressions of Oppression
Language and Discourse as Mechanisms of Oppression (and Anti-Oppression)
Social Work and Cultural Oppression
Privilege at the Cultural Level
Whiteness and Privilege
Privilege as a Category of Analysis, Model of Lived Experience, and Cultural Narrative
Social Work and Privilege at the Cultural Level
Conclusion
Critical Questions for Discussion
Further Readings
6. Oppression and Privilege at the Structural Level
Introduction
Social Relations and Oppression
The Politics of Difference
Economic Relations and Oppression
Political Relations and Oppression
Effects of Structural Oppression
Social Determinants of Health
Privilege at the Structural Level
Conclusion
Critical Questions for Discussion
Further Readings
7. Internalized Oppression and Domination
Introduction
Psychology of Oppression
Inferiority and Internalized Oppression
The Master-Slave Paradigm
False Consciousness
Other Perspectives on Internalized Oppression
Psychology of Liberation
Internalized Domination and Privilege
Conclusion
Critical Questions for Discussion
Further Readings
8. The "Web": The Multiplicity, Intersectionality, and Heterogeneity of Oppression and Privilege
Introduction
Multiple Identities and the Persistence of Domination and Oppression
Models of Multiple Oppressions
Intersectional Analysis
Heterogeneity within Oppressed Groups
Conclusion
Critical Questions for Discussion
Further Readings
9. Anti-Oppressive and Anti-Privilege Social Work Practice at the Personal and Cultural Levels
Introduction
Anti-Oppressive Practice at the Personal Level
Anti-Oppressive Practice at the Cultural Level
Challenging the Organization
Anti-Privilege Practice at the Personal and Cultural Levels: What Can We Do?
Conclusion
Critical Questions for Discussion
Further Readings
10. Anti-Oppressive and Anti-Privilege Social Work at the Structural Level with Selected Principles for All Levels
Introduction
Anti-Oppressive and Anti-Privilege Practice at the Structural Level
Selected Principles of Anti-Oppressive and Anti-Privilege Social Work Practice
The Constructive Use of Anger
Conclusion
Critical Questions for Discussion
Further Readings
Notes
References
Index