Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice: Putting Theory into Action Paperback – January 14, 2022

Serve the purpose

Informative

My congratulations to these authors for their accomplishment in bringing anti-oppressive theory and practice as the organizing theme for a mainstream textbook in the United States. Faculty and students will benefit enormously from reading this book and developing a familiarity with the progressive concepts. This pioneering book does a tremendous job in moving anti-oppressive concepts forward and helping to radicalize social work.

I'm a graduate level social work student. This book has an extreme liberal bias to it painting liberalism as ideal and conservatism as some how regressive. It talks about terrorists groups as if they are great for communities and attacks anyone who is pro-life. It would be fine to present both sides or some middle ground. To present one extreme view as the right answer in my mind is highly unprofessional and has nothing to do with my ability to recognize social injustice and fight oppression.

I borrowed this from a neighbor and while I love the subject and I love the cause, the author is just not a great writer. Her sentences are clunky and it's very dry and humorless.