Asylum seekers, social work and racism /

Asylum seeking continues to be a highly emotive and politically charged issue. This book analyses social work through the concept of 'xenoracism' to challenge the outdated concepts of racism that still pervade social work. Using discourse analysis, it explores how language is used to const...

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Main Author: Masocha, Shepard (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:Palgrave pivot.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Historical overview
  • 2. Asylum seekers in media and parliamentary discourses
  • 3. Asylum seekers in social work discourse
  • 4. Countering hegemonic narratives
  • 5. Construction of the other
  • 6. Conclusion.