Women and social work : towards a woman-centered practice

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Acknowledgements = ⅹ
• 1 Introduction to the second edition = 1
• Macro social processes : women as problem and solution = 3
• Social work structures, procedures and management = 5
• Commonalities and diversities revisited = 6
• Who depends on whom? = 9
• Visible women = 11
• 2 Commonalities and diversities between women clients and women social workers = 13
• Stability and change since the 1980s = 14
• Generic issues = 15
• Commonalities = 18
• Diversities = 23
• Feeling powerful - feeling powerless = 30
• Recognising differences = 34
• Recognising diversity through commonality = 34
• Women as subordinate to men = 38
• Women and personal identity = 38
• Questions = 39
• 3 Women, dependency and poverty = 40
• Why rethink women's lives? = 40
• Women's life patterns = 42
• A socially correct life = 46
• What is poverty = 47
• Sources of poverty = 50
• Poverty and disability = 50
• The dimensions of poverty = 51
• The central position of women = 57
• Questions = 59
• 4 Women and care for children and adults = 60
• Why providing care is increasingly a woman's issue = 60
• Living with children = 63
• Involuntary childlessness = 70
• Caring for adults = 72
• Care and social policy = 75
• Questions = 76
• 5 Living with men = 78
• Why women's relationships with men are an issue for social work and social care = 78
• Violence against women and children = 79
• Prevalence and incidence of violence against women and children = 80
• Resources for structuring marriage relations = 84
• Divorce : reformulating marriage = 90
• Problems in practice = 93
• Violence against workers = 97
• Questions = 97
• 6 Women, personal identity and self-esteem = 99
• Why explore the interrelationship between identity and the demands made on women? = 99
• Recognising women as active agents = 102
• A web of relationships = 104
• Violence and women = 106
• Feminine characteristics = 107
• Gender relations = 109
• Women, caring and personal identity = 110
• Women's employment and identity = 115
• Questions = 119
• 7 Understanding the workplace : men, women and management = 121
• 1988 - 1998 : What has changed? = 121
• 1988 - 1998 : What has stayed the same? = 123
• Problems with male colleagues = 125
• Where are we now? = 129
• Cultures in the workplace = 131
• Countering the cultures that undermine women-centred practice and women workers = 134
• Strategies = 135
• Questions = 137
• 8 Developing women-centred practice : women working with women = 138
• Responding to multidimensional problems = 138
• Work with individual women = 144
• Working with women in groups = 146
• Working for women through the community, and community development by developing a social care infrastructure that supports women = 151
• Drawing up a code for feminist practice = 157
• Questions = 158
• Conclusion : A code of practice for women-centred practice = 159
• Awareness = 160
• Practice = 161
• References = 163
• Index = 174