pt. I. Power -- Social work identity, power and selfhood : a re-imagining -- Judith Butler, power and social work -- The law, professional ethics and anti-oppressive social work -- Working with young separated asylum seekers -- pt. II. Discourse -- Ableism as transformative practice -- A critical analysis of service user struggles -- Research ethics : an indigenous Fijian project -- pt. III. Subjectivity -- The subject of social work : towards a new perspective on discrimination -- Critical perspectives on intersectionality -- Racism, sectarianism and social work -- pt. IV. Deconstruction -- Deconstructing the language of anti-oppressive practice in social work -- Transcending the politics of 'difference' and 'diversity'? -- Deconstructing the family -- Deconstructing sexuality in anti-oppressive practice.