The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Setting the scene for critical new social work approaches in the neoliberal postcolonial era -- Social work and decolonisation -- The Global South, Marxist-Leninist and neoliberal agendas in the postcolonial era -- Social work's foreign origins -- Scope and nature of the book -- References -- Part I Postcolonial social work -- 1 Colonisation as collective trauma: Fundamental perspectives for social work -- Introduction -- Ongoing coloniality -- Psycho-political impact of colonisation -- Understanding collective trauma -- Intergenerational transmission of trauma -- Social work as an instrument of coloniality -- Conclusion: social work response to the collective trauma of colonisation -- Reflexivity, critical consciousness and emancipatory practice -- Response to collective trauma -- Decoloniality in social work -- Decolonising social work research -- References -- 2 The relevance of Antonio Gramsci and Paulo Freire for a postcolonial education politics -- Introduction2 -- Beyond the economic: cultural and religious aspects of power -- Divide et impera and the conquistador mentality -- Fear of freedom -- The language question -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Colonialism and the colonisation of childhoods in the light of postcolonial theory -- Introduction -- Colonialisation as a childhood project -- Colonisation of childhoods -- Starting points in the decolonisation of childhoods -- Notes -- References -- 4 Social work co-option and colonial borders -- Introduction -- Asylum seeking in Australia -- Colonial borderlands -- The impact of colonial practices -- Export of neocolonial detention -- Entry of social work -- Social work and anti-colonial practices -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Development. A postcolonial approach.

Development: knowledge of ethnology -- Development from the outside: the fall of the colonial modernity -- The utopia of reflexive development: a philosophy of hope and the good life -- Human development: dialogue and negotiation -- Practice of reflexive development: postcolonial social work of the South -- Bibliography -- Part II Postcolonial social work and social movements -- 7 Conceptualising postcolonial social work and social movements: Subaltern answers from within exclusion and the theoretical... -- Introduction -- Ambiguities of postcolonial social work in the South and North -- The dilemma of (postcolonial) critique and (social work) practice -- Answers from within and the hope for subaltern social movements -- Notes -- References -- 8 Orientations from social movements: A postcolonial feminist social work perspective on human trafficking -- Introduction -- Human trafficking and modern slavery -- The anti-trafficking movement in the US -- The global impact of anti-trafficking initiatives -- Critiques of the anti-trafficking movement -- Towards a postcolonial feminist social work perspective -- Globalisation, global inequality and interlocking forms of oppression -- Globalisation and work -- Global supply chains -- Globalisation, NGOs, workers and markets -- Anti-immigration racism -- Discourse on women of the Global South -- Collective resistance to human trafficking -- New strategies and partnerships -- Trade unions as partners -- Survivors as partners -- Conclusion: social workers as stronger allies -- References -- 9 Epistemic decoloniality as a pedagogical movement: A turn to anticolonial theorists such as Fanon, Biko and Freire -- Introduction -- Social work education: origins and ideologies -- Colonisation of power, knowledge and being -- Epistemic decoloniality: towards basic concepts and categories -- Understanding colonisation.

Excursus: on the role of white liberals -- Humanisation -- Conscientisation -- Dialogue and problematisation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 10 Heterogeneity of social movements addressing the intersections of gender and race: A reflection on feminisms and womanisms... -- Introduction -- Schools of thought more aligned with feminist movements -- Black feminisms -- African feminisms -- Schools of thought more aligned with women's movements -- Womanisms -- Africana womanisms -- Nego-feminism -- African feminisms and/or Africana womanisms? -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 Collective learning in and from social movements: The Bhopal Disaster survivors -- Introduction -- Social work and social movements in a neoliberal era -- Social movement learning -- The Bhopal Survivors' Movement -- Social movement process: from hidden resistance to militancy -- Education through making connections: building a counter-hegemony -- Reflections for social work from informal collective learning in the survivors' movement -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 12 Social movements as pedagogical spaces: 'Só lixo - just waste', or: about the transformation of normative orientations under -- Introduction -- The outer constitution of pedagogical spaces - the economic, social, and cultural dimensions of the waste realm and the Movimen -- A case from Porto Alegre - I: from the governmentality of inclusion to the local politicisation of pedagogical spaces -- A case from Porto Alegre - II: intertwining biographical plausibility and social evidence -- Anna -- Alexandra -- Conclusion: self-formation processes under conditions of change and the transformation of normative orientations in socialisato -- Notes -- References -- Part III Indigenisation -- 13 Latin American social work and the struggles against professional imperialism -- Introduction.

Professional imperialism in the development of Latin American social work -- Decolonial thought as resistance against neocolonial approaches -- Learning from Sumak Kawsay and Mapuche philosophies in social work -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 14 We are beauty and we walk in it: Native American women in leadership roles -- Introduction -- Traditional roles of Native American women: precolonial times through the American revolution -- Colonisation and the undermining of Native American women -- The persistence of strong roles for Native American women -- A resurgence of political power -- Moving forward with decolonised gender roles and models of leadership -- Conclusion -- References -- 15 Liberation from mental colonisation: A case study of the Indigenouspeople of Palestine -- Introduction -- The context of Palestine -- Colonisation before 1948 -- Colonisation after 1948 -- How to get over mental colonisation -- Looking forward -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 16 Border thinking and socialwork - is it possible?: A decolonial perspective of a case example -- Border thinking and social work: a theoretical approach -- Border thinking - an epistemic thread/ clue in the social work -- Conclusion and perspectives -- Notes -- References -- 17 Whose society, whose work?: Seeking decolonised social work in Nepal -- Introduction -- Framing the subject matter: a grounded theory approach -- Findings and discussion -- Understanding of Nepali society -- Conclusion: decolonised, developmental Nepali social work -- References -- 18 The relevance and purpose of social work in Aboriginal Australia - post- or decolonisation -- Introduction -- Australia as a colonial space -- Social work and Indigenous peoples -- Doing things differently: The Looking Forward Project -- Disrupting and reforming paradigms.

Creating an inclusive work practice that works for Nyoongar people -- Moving beyond borders: understanding reciprocity -- What is the role for social work in this new paradigm? -- Conclusion -- References -- 19 Women's empowermentUnravelling the cultural incompatibilitymyth in Zimbabwe -- Conceptualising empowerment -- Women in Africa: a cultural overview -- Empowering women among disempowered men -- Conclusion: empowerment as a negotiated cultural outcome -- Notes -- References -- 20 Pushing for autonomousAfrican development -- Introduction -- Background -- The link between knowledge and development -- What is development? -- From Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- What about Indigenous Knowledge Systems? -- Development theory and practice and IKS nexus -- Solutions and recommendations -- Future research directions -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Case studies and innovation from Africa -- 21 Decolonising social work practice and social work education in postcolonial Africa -- Introduction -- Human needs and social work -- Decolonisation -- What is social work? -- The beginning of social work in Africa -- Indigenous Knowledge Systems for relevant social work practice -- Conclusion -- References -- 22 Social work with communities in Uganda: Indigenous and innovative approaches -- Introduction: the colonial legacy of social work in Africa and the need for indigenisation -- Common social problems confronting communities in Uganda -- Community social work and indigenous models of problem-solving in Uganda -- The Bataka groups as an approach to community organisation and development -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 23 Social work in Southern Africa in the postcolonial era: Rekindling debate on the quest for relevance -- Introduction -- Perceived source of shortcomings of the remedial approach.

Calls for a paradigm shift: towards a developmental approach.

The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work reflects on and dissects the challenging issues confronting social work practice and education globally in the post-colonial era.

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