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Correlation between Social Work and Feminism

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Adams, R., Dominelli, L., & Payne, M. (2009). Social work: Themes, issues and critical debates. Basingstoke [England: Palgrave Macmillan.

In this article, Adams Domichelle and Payne (2009) describe the complexities involved in studying the relationship between social work and feminism. The go ahead to give the significance of such by claiming that the focus has led to political projections that have sought to highlight the conditions of women in the policy and practice agenda. Their research is vital in this study because it highlights a number of ways in which social work has been informed in feminism. These include particular experiences of women, and absence of specific attention to social work. This article clearly highlights how feminism social work has contributed to discussions about the value base of social work. Their research will be utilized to demonstrate the contribution of feminism to social work.

Cree, V. E. (2011). Social work: A reader. London: Routledge.

This book describes six different types of types of feminism and how they are related to social work. The research completed focuses on the feminist perspective and how it is used in social work by concentrating concentrated on several definitions: socialist, liberal, and radical. Thus, this article provides a good literature review of all the six types of feminism that have predominantly been used in the literature and research.

White, V. (2006). The state of feminist social work. London: Routledge.

White (2006) describes the conditions of being a woman, assumptions of women behavior and how they affect their social work. The author illustrates the conditions of women using the feminine theory. He goes ahead to provide the critiques of feminism theory and offers the solutions for the same in regard to social aspects in the society such as domestic violence. This study is useful as it elaborates the state of feminism in social perspective.

Adams, R., Dominelli, L. & Payne, M. (2009). Critical Practice in Social Work. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

The focus of the book is on social work. It details what social workers should know to perfect their activities more skillfully and effectively. The book provides an in-depth analysis of various issues related to social work. The wealth of information would make the book critical in the research. The book claims that feminist approaches influenced social work in several ways. One of the particular experiences is on the issue of domestic violence. It helped in recognizing it and structuring responses to the issue. This facilitated the development of different approaches to the issues. These include counseling, group work, and management. Feminism has also acted as the research base for the practice of social work. Social work employs various feminist methodologies. Feminism has helped in improving discussions on the value base of social work. However, during this period, there has been a refinement of feminist theories. They have also been reviewed and revised based on the experiences of women and men. This has led various parties to claim that there is an alternative way of viewing social work and feminism, “feminist social work.” Feminist social work is meant only for women. However, it is vital to note social work has posed various challenges to feminism. Solutions to the challenges have made a great contribution to the advancement of social work and feminism.

Stanley, L. (2013). Feminist praxis (RLE feminist theory): Research, theory and epistemology in feminist sociology. London: Routledge.

The book provides a detailed analytic account of feminist research. It shows how feminist epistemology may be implemented in feminist research. Provision of various issues in feminism and focus on application in research makes the book be invaluable in the research. The book combines theoretical discussions of feminist methodology and its application in research. According to the book, there is a complex relationship between social work and feminism. The origin of both fields is their focus on women. The focus led to the development of political projects that strived to highlight the conditions of women in policy and practice agenda. Both social work and feminism are influenced by various theoretical underpinnings that have led to better understanding of the experience of women and ultimately their relationship with men. The author claims that social work is influenced by feminism in several ways. Initially feminists activists strived to highlight various experiences of women and the failure of social work to address these issues. As such, the feminist activists claimed that feminist social work should intervene in the lives of women who are beneficiaries of social services. The research focus of the book would help in determining the theoretical perceptive that would be used in the research.