Promoting Equality: Working with Diversity and Difference

ISBN-13: 9781352001181 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 290 str.

Neil Thompson

Opis

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 fourth 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.

With a clear exposition of a coherent theory base that does justice to the multi-level and multi-dimensional nature of discrimination, Promoting Equality is essential reading for students and practitioners within the helping professions, and managers and supervisors across the public, private and voluntary sectors.

Spis treści

List of Figures.- Foreword by Professor Audrey Mullender.- Preface to the Fourth Edition.- About the Author.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- 1 Equality and Diversity in Context.- 2 Theoretical Foundations.- 3 Power.- 4 Discrimination and Oppression.- 5 Health and the Medicalization of Inequality.- 6 Learning from the Past.- 7 The Organizational Context.- 8 Conclusion: Strategies for Promoting Equality.- Glossary.- References

O autorze

Professor Neil Thompson is a highly respected writer and developer of online learning resources, with over 39 years' experience in the people professions. He has held full or honorary professorships at four UK universities. He also runs the Avenue Professional Development Programme, an online learning community and tutorial group for people professionals.Connect with him on social media via his website at: www.neilthompson.info.

Blurb

“This is an excellent book and a must read for anyone working in the helping professions. Its importance is greater now than ever. These are very challenging times where so many of the issues central to Promoting Equality are under serious threat. Its great strength is that it is theoretically serious, practically focused and very accessible.” Professor Nigel Parton, University of Huddersfield

“Neil Thompson's mastery of the practice field is repeatedly confirmed by the central place his texts command in our thinking and action. Promoting Equality is no exception, but it must surely hold a special significance for all helping professionals in its foundational contribution to the struggle for social justice.” Professor Charlotte Williams, RMIT University, Melbourne 

“This is a manual for those wanting to better understand and engage in the struggle to promote equality. Thompson explains and applies with clarity and rigour key concepts and perspectives, demonstrating, with the support of practice illustrations and quotes from practitioners, that there is nothing so practical as good theory.” Professor John Pinkerton, Queen’s University Belfast

 

Promoting equality and valuing diversity are high on the agenda, and reliable guidance is needed. Neil Thompson has long been providing this through his publications, especially Promoting Equality.

The fourth edition of this highly respected text continues to provide a well-developed theoretical approach as a solid foundation for effective practice across the caring professions, public protection, management and human resources or any setting where success involves getting your people issues right.

As usual, Thompson explains complex ideas clearly and accessibly without oversimplifying them. Practice examples throughout bring the ideas to life, and a helpful glossary makes sure you have a clear understanding of key terms and issues.  

Whether a student, a new entrant to your profession or a seasoned hand, you will gain from this important text a firm basis for tackling discrimination and oppression.