SOWK 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ecosystem Approach, Opposition To United States Involvement In The Vietnam War, American Indian Movement
13 Nov 2016
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Roots in radical perspective to practice which in itself leans towards accessing the current social order within a conflict perspective. Discussing issues of power and equitable sharing in society. As such it adopts a somewhat socialist look at issues relating to social order and state control and how this affects or is dealt with by oppressed people. We have different (cid:498)isms(cid:499) from which we view the levels of oppression. It has positive following because of its flexibility and inclusive way of responding to the views, situations and concerns of those experiencing oppression. Different schools have different ways of addressing these issues that hinge upon inequality, discrimination and oppression with attention to social structures and society. It involves working with individuals, communities, groups and people with shared history of their marginalization by economic, social and political structures that could result in internalized feelings of shame, low self-esteem, frustration and anger.
