Social Work’s Histories of Complicity and Resistance

Vasilios Ioakimidis is Professor of Social Work at the University of Essex and the University of West Attica. He is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg.Aaron Wyllie is Lecturer at the Centre for Social Work and Social Justice at the University of Essex.

• Part 1: Making Amends With the Past1. Learning From the Past To Shape the Future: Uncovering Social Work’s Histories of Complicity and Resistance – Vasilios Ioakimidis and Aaron WylliePart 2: Legacies of Colonialism and Racism in Social Work2. Canadian Social Work and the Sixties Scoop: Reflections on the Past, Lessons for Today – Filipe Duarte and Patrick Selmi3. Reconciling Systemic Abuse of Children and Young Women With Social Work’s Commitment to a Human Rights, Transformative Practice – Carolyn Noble4. The Oppressive History of 'Child Welfare' Systems and the Need for Abolition – Alan J. Dettlaff and Victoria Copeland5. Colonial and Apartheid South Africa: Social Work Complicity and Resistance – Linda Harms-Smith and Yasmin TurtonPart 3: Social Work’s Contested Ideologies6. Social Services in Nazi Germany and the Role of Social Workers Between Complicity and Rare Resistance – Carola Kuhlmann7. Social Assistance in Franco’s Fascist Spain (1939–1975): A History of Social Control, Family Segregation and Stolen Babies – María Inés Martínez Herrero8. Social Work in Times of Political Violence: Dictatorships and Acts of Resistance From the Southern Cone – Gianinna Muñoz-Arce and Melisa Campana-Alabarce9. Trade Union Mobilisation, Resistance and Political Action of Social Workers in Portugal – Pedro Gabriel Silva and Alcina Martins10. The Radical Roots of Popular Social Work in Palestine – Michael LavalettePart 4: Social Work’s Complicity With Institutionalisation and Detention11. Institutionalisation and Oppression Within the Mental Health System in England: Social Work Complicity and Resistance – Rich Moth12. A Refugee Crisis or a Crisis of Anti-Immigrant Politics? Hostile Refugee Reception, the Pandemic and New Solidarities in Cyprus – Nicos Trimikliniotis and Vassilis Tsianos13. Institutionalisation of Certain Children and Mothers in Ireland: Reflections on the ‘Troubled History’ of Child Welfare Social Work – Caroline McGregorPart 5: Survivor Perspectives and Contemporary Reflections14. Facing the Legacy of Social Work: Coming to Terms With Complicity in Systemic Inequality and Social Injustice – Bob Pease15. “We Want Social Workers To Hear Our Story”: Learning From Parents Whose Children Were Taken Away – Guy Shennan16. Decolonisation and Critical Social Work Pedagogies – Caroline Bald and Akudo Amadiegwu17. Adoption Social Work Practice in Ireland: Critical Reflections on Present-Day Injustices – Claire McGettrick

"This is an important book examining social work's collective past in order to ensure a future where human rights and social justice are upheld in marginalized communities." Professional Social Work