Showcasing the breadth and depth of exemplary social work feminist research, the editors argue that social work’s unique focus on praxis, daily proximities to privilege and oppression, concern with social change and engagement with participatory forms of inquiry place social workers in a unique position to both learn from and contribute to broader social science and humanities discourse associated with feminist research. The authors attend here to their specific claims of feminisms, articulate deep engagement with theory, address the problematic use of binaries, and engage with issues associated with methods that are consistently of interest to feminist researchers, such as power and authority, ethics, reflexivity, praxis and difference.
Comprehensive and containing an international selection of contributions, Feminisms in Social Work Research is an important reference for all social work researchers with an interest in critical perspectives.
Stéphanie Wahab is an Associate Professor at Portland State University’s School of Social Work, USA, and Honorary Research Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Gender and Social Work, University of Otago, New Zealand.
Ben Anderson-Nathe is Associate Professor and Program Director of the Child and Family Studies program at Portland State University, USA.
Christina Gringeri is Professor in the College of Social Work at the University of Utah, USA.