Abolition in Social Work and Human Services (Paperback)

The first to apply abolitionist theory from international perspectives to social work, this book explores whether social work can embrace radical change while operating within state structures.

Paul Michael Garrett works at NUI Galway in the Republic of Ireland. In 2018 he was Visiting Professor at the City University of New York (CUNY) and he has presented keynote papers at international conferences across Europe and in China. Contemporary neoliberalism and historical practices of marginalisation and domination are some of his key scholarly concerns. For over ten years, he has been a member of the editorial collective of Critical Social Policy. He is the author of over a hundred of internationally peer-reviewed articles of several books including Welfare Words: Critical Social Work & Social Policy (2018).

Anna Gupta is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Donna Baines is Director and Professor of Social Work at the University of British Columbia.

Kris Clarke is Professor of Social Work at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Ian Kelvin Hyslop is a senior lecturer in Counselling, Human Services and Social Work at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He worked in statutory child protection for 20 years of his working life and is passionate about aligning social work practice with the pursuit of social justice.