State-Sanctioned Violence: Advancing a Social Work Social Justice Agenda

State-Sanctioned Violence: Advancing a Social Work Social Justice Agenda
ISBN-10
0190058471
ISBN-13
9780190058470
Category
Social Science
Pages
296
Language
English
Published
2020-02-03
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Melvin Delgado

Description

The helping professions and social scientists traditionally seek concepts and paradigms that can be used in shaping research and services focused on marginalized populations in the United States. Various perspectives have garnered attention across disciplines with intersectionality as a recent, salient example. However, state-sanctioned violence--built upon the foundation established by Intersectionality--introduces a purposeful socio-political agenda that is carried out by various levels of government to subjugate a group due to its beliefs, physical characteristics, and/or social circumstances. This book provides a conceptual foundation on state-sanctioned violence; critiques how this perspective holds relevance for social work research, education, and practice; examines specific examples of how and where state-sanctioned violence is manifested; and projects potential developments into the near future.

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