Synopses & Reviews
The New Structural Social Work reveals the shortcomings of conventional social work, which accepts and participates in the present social order rather than addressing the systemic social problems that exist within capitalist societies. Mullaly advocates for a progressive view of social work that is practiced within the social agency, outside of the agency, and within the personal lives of structural social workers.
Review
"This book will prove exciting reading for all students, practitioners, and educators concerned with the articulation of a renewed framework for understanding social work practice...a profound contribution to social work theory overall...The New Structural Social Work shows us how social work should, and can, transcend helping clients cope with social problems and include a determined effort to address the source of their problems."--Research on Social Work Practice
"This book will prove exciting reading for all students, practitioners, and educators concerned with the articulation of a renewed framework for understanding social work practice...a profound contribution to social work theory overall...The New Structural Social Work shows us how social work should, and can, transcend helping clients cope with social problems and include a determined effort to address the source of their problems."--Research on Social Work Practice
"The New Structural Social Work is a text for new social work students that could offer a context to their professional studies and practice and a direction for their idealism...The impressive social and political analysis that Mullaly offers should be a backdrop and a context for all of social work practice..."--CASW Bulletin
Synopsis
This new edition has been substantially rewritten and includes new sections on globalized capitalism and modernism and postmodernism, and a new chapter on oppression as the source of social problems and the focus of structural social work.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
I In Search of a Paradigm
1. Capitalism, Crises, and Paradigms
The Changing Face of Capitalism
The Welfare State in Crisis
Social Work in Crisis
The Concept of Paradigm
Utility of the Paradigm Concept for Social Work
2. The Social Work Vision: A Progressive View
Conventional and Progressive Perspectives within Social Work
Need for a Progressive Social Work Vision
The Fundamental Values of Social Work
The Secondary (Instrumental) Values of Social Work
A Progressive Perspective of Social Work Ideology
Social Work and Social Problems
The Ideal Social Welfare System: A Progressive View
Conclusion
3. The Neo-Conservative Paradigm
Conservatism
Neo-Conservatism
Social Beliefs
Economic Beliefs
Political Beliefs
View of Social Problems
View of Social Welfare
Social Work Practice within the Neo-Conservative Paradigm
Critique of the Neo-Conservative Paradigm
Conclusion
4. The Liberal Paradigm
Liberalism
Social Beliefs
Economic Beliefs
Political Beliefs
View of Social Problems
View of Social Welfare
Social Work Practice within the Liberal Paradigm
Canada as a Liberal State
Critique of the Liberal Paradigm
Liberal Hegemony in Social Work
5. The Social Democratic Paradigm
Socialism
Social Democracy
Social Beliefs
Economic Beliefs
Political Beliefs
View of Social Problems
View of Social Welfare
Social Work Practice within the Social Democratic Paradigm
Critique of the Social Democratic Paradigm
6. The Marxist Pardigm
Marxism
Social Beliefs
Economic Beliefs
Political Beliefs
View of Social Problems
View of Social Welfare
Social Work Practice within the Marxist Paradigm
Critique of the Marxist Paradigm
II Structural Social Work Theory and Oppression
7. Structural Social Work Theory
The Imperative of Theory for Social Work
Socialist Ideology
The Heritage of Structural Social Work Theory
Structural Social Work as a Critical Social Theory
Classification of Theory
Order and Conflict Perspectives
The Dialectic in Structural Social Work
Inclusion of All Forms of Oppression
Structural Social Work: A Conceptual Framework
8. Oppression: The Focus of Structural Social Work
Nature of Oppression
Oppression as a Social Justice Issue
The Etiology of Oppression and the Politics of Difference
The Dynamics of Oppression
Forms of Oppression
Responses of Oppressed People to Their Oppression
Emancipation of Oppressed Groups: Assimilation vs a Politics of Difference
Structural Social Work with Oppressed Groups
III Structural Social Work: Practice Elements
9. Working Within (and Against) the System: Racial Humanism
Introduction
Working with Service Users
Surviving and Changing the Workplace
10. Working Outside (and Against) the System: Radical Humanism
Alternative Services and Organizations
Social Movements and Coalition-Building
Progressive Unionism
Professional Associations
Electoral Politics
Making the Political Personal in Our Own Lives
Notes
Bibliography
Index