Decolonising Social Work in Finland (Paperback)

Merja Anis

ISBN 10: 1447371437 / ISBN 13: 9781447371434

Published by Bristol University Press, 2025

About this Item

Paperback. This book examines the contemporary social care realities and practices of Finland with a diversity of voices but also explores decolonial caring futurities. The editors approach the topic by critically unpacking colonial views of care and wellbeing. In this book, the authors represent practitioners, scholars, activists, community members and healers whose unique contribution and whose voices provide not only insights and critiques, but innovative social work epistemologies that envision and imagine decolonial outcomes that cross borders. This book examines the contemporary social care realities and practices of Finland, interrogating the country's coloniality, racialisation and diversity in the context of social work. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Decolonising Social Work in Finland (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447371437
• ISBN 13: 9781447371434
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This book examines the contemporary social care realities and practices of Finland, interrogating the country’s coloniality, racialisation and diversity in the context of social work.

About the Authors

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

Leece Lee Oliver is a Native American scholar, Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies and Director of American Indian Studies at California State University, Fresno, USA.

Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö is a University Lecturer in the discipline of social work in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.