Promoting equality : working with difference and diversity / Neil Thompson.
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TextPublication details: Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxi, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780230223431 (pbk)
- 0230223435 (pbk)
- 361.32 THO
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Practitioners working within the people professions have a legal and moral responsibility to promote equality wherever possible. This insightful book from a leading author provides a lucid guide to the complexities of inequality, and offers a sound foundation for practice that makes a positive contribution to equality, social justice and empowerment.
Now in its third edition, this highly successful text challenges oversimplified approaches to tackling discrimination and oppression. It combines an impressive blend of theoretical analysis and practice insights, all conveyed in the accessible and engaging style which has earned Neil Thompson his sterling reputation in the field.
This is an essential reading for students and practitioners within the helping professions, and managers and supervisors across the public, private and voluntary sectors.
Previous ed.: 2003 published as Promoting equality : challenging discrimination and oppression.
First edition published 1998 as Promoting equality : challenging discrimination and oppression in the human services.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-256) and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of Figures (p. x)
- Foreword (p. xi)
- Preface to the Third Edition (p. xii)
- About the Author (p. xv)
- Acknowledgements (p. xvi)
- Introduction (p. xvii)
- 1 Equality and Diversity in Context (p. 1)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- The historical background (p. 2)
- What is equality? (p. 4)
- The diversity approach (p. 10)
- Critically reflective practice (p. 18)
- Conclusion (p. 20)
- 2 Theoretical Foundations (p. 22)
- Introduction (p. 22)
- What are discrimination and oppression? (p. 23)
- PCS analysis (p. 25)
- Ideology and discourse (p. 32)
- Anti-essentialism (p. 39)
- Dialectical reason (p. 43)
- Structuration theory and beyond (p. 44)
- Emancipatory practice (p. 51)
- Conclusion (p. 54)
- 3 Power (p. 55)
- Introduction (p. 55)
- What is power? (p. 55)
- Theories of power (p. 56)
- Postmodernism and power (p. 67)
- Postmodernism: an evaluation (p. 71)
- Beyond postmodernism (p. 77)
- Language, discourse and power (p. 78)
- Empowerment (p. 84)
- Conclusion (p. 87)
- 4 Discrimination and Oppression (p. 89)
- Introduction (p. 89)
- The relationship between discrimination and oppression (p. 89)
- Processes of discrimination (p. 90)
- Categories of discrimination (p. 100)
- Conclusion (p. 119)
- 5 Health and the Medicalization of Inequality (p. 120)
- Introduction (p. 120)
- The social construction of health (p. 121)
- Health discourses (p. 123)
- Health inequalities (p. 129)
- Health, disability and age (p. 134)
- Mental health (p. 136)
- Health and social welfare (p. 142)
- Medicine and social control (p. 145)
- The 'Body-without-Organs' - the ontology of health (p. 147)
- Conclusion (p. 151)
- 6 Learning from the Past (p. 153)
- Introduction (p. 153)
- Overarching themes (p. 154)
- Specific issues (p. 167)
- Conclusion (p. 184)
- 7 The Organizational Context (p. 186)
- Introduction (p. 186)
- Power relations - formal and informal (p. 187)
- Inequality in organizations (p. 189)
- Continuity and change (p. 195)
- Organizational culture (p. 199)
- Human resource management (p. 203)
- Stress and inequality (p. 205)
- The organizational operator (p. 208)
- Conclusion (p. 215)
- 8 Conclusion: Strategies for Promoting Equality (p. 216)
- Introduction (p. 216)
- Empowerment (p. 217)
- Partnership and participation (p. 219)
- Conscientization and politicization (p. 221)
- Collaboration (p. 222)
- Critically reflective practice (p. 223)
- Elegant challenging (p. 224)
- Sensitivity to language and image (p. 225)
- Naming the process (p. 226)
- Openness and demystification (p. 227)
- The revitalization of theory (p. 228)
- Systematic practice (p. 229)
- Using the law (p. 230)
- Professionalism (p. 231)
- Evaluation (p. 232)
- Workplace well-being (p. 233)
- Humility (p. 234)
- References (p. 235)
- Index (p. 257)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Neil Thompson received his B.A. in natural sciences and MA from Cambridge University.He is director of Thompson Information Systems Consulting Limited, Surrey, England.
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