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CHAPTER 14 ANTI-OPPRESSIVE PRACTICEB everley Burke and Philomena HarrisonINTRODUCTIONThe complex nature of oppression is witnessed in the lives of people whoare marginalised in this society. As social work practitioners, we have amoral, ethical and legal responsibility to challenge inequality and disad-vantage. Historically, the profession, in attempting to understand, explainand offer solutions to the difficulties experienced by groups and indi-viduals, has drawn from, among others, the disciplines of sociology, psy-chology, history, philosophy and politics. This multidisciplined theoreticalframework, informed by ANTI-OPPRESSIVE principles, provides socialworkers with a tool to understand and respond to the complexity of theexperience of chapter explores how a theorised social work PRACTICE informed byanti- oppressive principles can be sensitively and effectively used to address theinequalities of oppression that determine the
ANTI-OPPRESSIVE PRACTICE Beverley Burke and Philomena Harrison INTRODUCTION The complex nature of oppression is witnessed in the lives of people who are marginalised in this society. As social work practitioners, we have a moral, ethical and legal responsibility to challenge inequality and disad-vantage.
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