Ross has written a book about ethics with a difference. The difference is love. The Revolutionary Social Worker Love Ethic Companion is a little book full of love informed ethical theories, ethico-legal principles and key anti-oppressive conventions, legislation and public statements. It is a companion to The Revolutionary Social Worker: The Love Ethic Model. Ross provides otherwise hard to find material about the ethical knowledge required by social workers in complex situations of violence, lovelessness and eco-injustice. In so doing, she packages the theories and principles in a readily accessible way for a quick how-to guide practice 'in situ'. Conventional ethical theories and ethico-legal principles for professional practice are presented and re-interpreted with love informed ideas. Seven new recommended ethico-legal principles are outlined to provide the basis for love ethic work. The Love Ethic Companion can be any professional's companion in practising with revolutionary love.

This groundbreaking comparative study rediscovers the socialists of Russia’s borderlands, upending conventional interpretations of working-class politics and the Russian Revolution. Researched in eight languages, Revolutionary Social Democracy challenges long-held assumptions by scholars and activists about the dynamics of revolutionary change.

This book shows how social work can be an active agent for promoting revolutionary changes in order to counter the global neoliberal market fundamentalism which is destroying our planet and reinforcing socioeconomic inequalities, political instability, antidemocratic political ideologies and movements, small wars, conflicts, racism and other forms of oppression. Providing case-studies from South Africa, Chile, Iran, Europe, Australia and the USA written by leading critical and radical social work scholars, this book sheds light on consequences of the global neoliberal racial capitalism and postcolonial oppression. By presenting innovative ideas and suggestions for a revolutionary social work aimed at promoting systemic changes and eliminating the roots of social problems this book will be of interest to all scholars and students of social work, community development and social justice more broadly.

The Revolutionary Social Worker Series by Dyann Ross is based on the idea that a revolutionary is a loving, nonviolent and justice seeking citizen. The book title could as readily be the revolutionary citizen. However, the title, The Revolutionary Social Worker, brings a particular focus of the book series to the role social workers can play in modelling and enabling revolutionary change. The books show how the practice of being a revolutionary can look in specific relationships and contexts, and from the 'inside' of a profession that has potentially revolutionary goals. While the focus is on social workers, the term is inclusive of any profession and any citizen who seeks to enact the love ethic. Internationally, peaceful revolutionaries have shown that lovelessness, violence and injustice can be transformed by love, nonviolence and justice. They understand that where there is love there is no oppression. The series shows how to apply the love ethic model in interpersonal and inter-species relationships, organisations, the community and in situations of ecological conflict.

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the seminal text Radical Social Work (1975), this volume has been compiled to explore the radical tradition within social work and assess its legacy, relevance and prospects. It is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduates studying social work, as well as social work academics and researchers.

This ground breaking book is an innovative, passionate and provocative exploration of intersectionality. The sustained emphasis on activism and practice reasserts the potency of intersectionality borne out of Black feminism. The rare and pioneering international reach of this book crosses four continents. In this book context matters: there is no intersectionality without context! Resting on the premise that we cannot work for the liberation of individuals, communities and societies without intersectionality, this book asks: How does intersectionality challenge the structures and discourses of social work education, management and organisation? What is the revolutionary potential of intersectionality? Intersectional in its method and content, the blend of practice, activism, research and theory troubles geopolitical and disciplinary boundaries. The range of topics include: Islamophobia, immigration, feminist movements, social work education, violence against women and girls, gender, sexuality, race, disability, age, religion, nationality, citizenship policy and legal frameworks. This book will appeal to activists for social justice, social work practitioners, researchers, lecturers, students and those working in the field of Black feminist thinking. The focus on the activism of intersectionality provides a clear pathway into Black feminist thinking and its application to social work internationally and to emancipatory collective political activism worldwide.