Comment on John Solas: “What Are We Fighting For?”

Ife, Jim

doi:10.1080/03124070801998392

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“…It also helps social workers advance the importance of human worth and dignity. The idea of 'different but equal' needs to be the significant part of social work thinking (Ife, 2008a). The promotion of equality helps enable difference and diversity to be respected and to flourish in society (Ife, 2008a;Malik, 1996;Solas, 2008aSolas, , 2008b.…”

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“…The idea of 'different but equal' needs to be the significant part of social work thinking (Ife, 2008a). The promotion of equality helps enable difference and diversity to be respected and to flourish in society (Ife, 2008a;Malik, 1996;Solas, 2008aSolas, , 2008b. This is very important for social work practice to combat or eliminate social discrimination and oppression.…”

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Back to the ‘social’ of social work: Reviving the social work profession’s contribution to the promotion of social justice

Kam

2012

International Social Work

105

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Social changes and professionalization have moved social work away from advancing social justice and into the domination of individual therapies. This article redirects social workers’ attention to the importance of the ‘social’ in social work by presenting a six-social dimensions framework, and suggests that this refocusing helps to revive the profession’s contribution to promoting social justice.

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