Engaging with social work : a critical introduction Title: Engaging with social work : a critical introduction Author: Morley, C. Macfarlane, S. Ablett, P ISBN: XXXXXXXXXX Publication Date: 2019...

BOOK REVIEW
Engaging With Social Work: A Critical Introduction
1. Main theories and concepts of the book
This book is one of the most significant works that highlighted social work as well as the potential of critical social work. Furthermore, critical social work is something that can be observed as progressive in terms of the social work that challenges as well as also questions the unequal power relations, harmful division’s social disadvantages, and also injustices by which a society is characterized (Morley et al., 2019).
One of the main concepts that are applied in this particular book is about social work such as what social work at present is and what it can be in the future. It is highlighted by the author that the social work establishment is mainly a conservative understanding concerning the social work that is highly dominant in a lot of welfare systems at present. However, to be more specific the author showcased critical social work. Furthermore, it is described that critical social work has a vibrant and also longstanding history, and the word critical is used a lot of times with different interpretations and meanings. Secondly, the concept of marginalization under the critical social work was introduced that stated that it’s a procedure in terms of pushing something or an individual toward the margins of the society as much as possible. Thirdly, another main concept that is used in this book is about oppression and it can be highlighted as one of the most powerful domination by the groups in some of the ways by which the rights and also the opportunities are restricted toward the resources. It is also said by these authors that in the case of the social worker there are some of the people who tend to experience social disadvantages such as the Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islander people and those who tend to experience oppression and are also marginalized.
In the case of the theories, it can be stated that Poststrucalism tends to reject the singular view of the world and instead of it this theory always encourages a lot of understandings that are based on...