Confronting Injustice and Oppression

Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series

by David Gil

How can injustice and oppression be overcome and prevented, regardless of who the victims are? What are the meanings, sources, and dynamics of these dehumanizing conditions? David Gil brings to these questions a lifetime of experience in social action and in social work practice and education. Writing for human services professionals, students, and activists, he sounds the call to embrace the core values of radical social equality, liberty, cooperation, and affirmation of community in pursuit of individual and social development. Gil identifies violence, unemployment, racism, and poverty as the chief injustices in society, and outlines the steps that must be taken in order to confront and abolish these through education and activism.

Genres: Social Work

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1998

Reviews

[Eric · Rating 5 out of 5]

Passionate, insightful, and brilliant. There are three perspectives of social changes and policy; conservative, liberal, and radical. Gil is radical and exciting. Worth every page of reading, I did twice.

[Eric · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gil is brilliant.