Abolition in Social Work and Human Services

Visions, Possibilities and Challenges

Globally, social workers are committed to human rights and challenging unjust social structures. However, their close ties to the state often reinforce such systems of oppression.

The first to apply abolitionist theory from international perspectives to social work, this book examines this contradiction, exploring whether social work can embrace radical change while operating within state structures. Bringing together scholars from the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Finland, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, it explores alternatives for addressing issues such as child protection, mental health, violence against women, drug use, violent extremism, homelessness and Indigenous sovereignty.

Essential reading for academics, researchers, students, human service practitioners and social activists, this book interrogates the implications of social work’s complicity with systems that perpetuate oppression and social injustice.

Contributor: Peter Choate (Contributions by), Kerri Cleaver (Contributions by), Alan J. Detlaff (Contributions by), Aiofe Donohue (Contributions by), Ida Drury (Contributions by), Paul Garrett (Contributions by), Anna Gupta (Contributions by), Emily Keddell (Contributions by), David McKendrick (Contributions by), Lisa Merkel-Holguin (Contributions by), Sophie Shall (Contributions by), Bindi Bennett (Contributions by), Peta Phelan (Contributions by), Donna Baines (Contributions by), Mohamed Ibraham (Contributions by), Dorothy Roberts (Contributions by), Chris Maylea (Contributions by), Emma Tseris (Contributions by), John Fox (Contributions by), Sacha Jamieson (Contributions by), Lobna Yassine (Contributions by), Mimi Kim (Contributions by), Kris Clarke (Contributions by), Mwendza Blell (Contributions by), Ian Kelvin Hyslop (Edited by), Bob Pease (Edited by)

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