Case Critical : Social Services and Social Justice in Canada

Table of Contents

• Contents 6
• Preface 10
• 1 Naming and Resisting Injustice 16
• Privilege: Definitions and Denials 23
• Colonial Privilege 24
• Racialized Privilege 29
• Class Privilege 31
• Male Privilege 39
• Gendered Ageism 41
• Heterosexist Privilege 43
• Ableism and Privilege 45
• Social Justice and Social Services 47
• 2 Roots: Early Attitudes 50
• Social Work: The Beginnings 57
• 3 Competing Schools of Altruism 68
• Conflicts inside the Social Work Curriculum 72
• Anti–oppression Perspectives 74
• Postmodernism 78
• Aboriginal Circles in the Classroom 82
• Future Trends? 85
• 4 Social Workers: On the Front Line 88
• Where Social Workers Work 89
• How People Become Social Service Users 92
• How Social Workers Mean to Help 93
• The Challenge of Social Work 97
• Huge Cutbacks and Tiny Miracles 101
• 5 Managing Social Services: From Top to Bottom 108
• The Stratification of Social Services 109
• The Bottom Line 114
• Labour Unions and Social Work 117
• Privatization of Social Services 120
• Alternative Social Services 125
• 6 Reality Check: Service Users Speak Out 131
• Welfare "Reform": Smoke and Mirrors 134
• Diverse Social Services, Diverse Realities 140
• Caring Social Services: Take a Deep Bow 145
• 7 Beyond Charity: Towards a Liberation Practice 148
• Foggy Patches 150
• Social Location: Busy Intersections 155
• Solidarities and Liberation 159
• Liberation and Social Services 165
• Notes 174