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The starting point for social work approaches to multicultural issues is the principle of respect for human diversity. But practice issues concerning multiculturism and the role of ethnicity in patterns of oppression have revealed that current interpretations and applications of the principle of respect for human diversity often result in self contradictions and conflicts with other social work principles. This paper describes three of these conflicts, and, drawing on the literature of cultural anthropology, ethnic sensitive social work, and constructivism, proposes several conceptualizations to eliminate, or manage, them. The conflicts discussed are 1) respecting the contents of all cultures versus supporting basic human rights, 2) inability to understand the needs and views of people from different cultural backgrounds versus mission to practice social work, and 3) social worker's own right to ethnic preference versus social worker's obligation to eliminate personal cultural bias and prejudice. Conceptualizations proposed to deal with these conflicts include unconditional ethnic esteem, qualified cultural equality, right to ethnic identity, and reality and limitations of multicultural competence.

Emotions are intrinsic to social work. Social workers engage with people at points of crisis or need. The emotions of both practitioners and the people they interact with are central to the lived experience of practice. This paper presents a thematic synthesis of empirical studies which illuminate how social workers understand and use their emotions in practice. A search of electronic databases and reference harvesting located 28 papers which were screened against inclusion criteria and appraisal tools. Four analytic themes were identified: emotions as a dynamic relational resource; patterns of organisational and professional relationships; ambivalence, dissonance and distance and the place of emotions in professionalism and identity. Patterns and themes were found in diverse settings. This review brings together a small but valuable knowledge base. Findings suggest that emotions constitute a paradox for social work and are potentially a constructive resource. The paper concludes with suggestions for further research into the situated emotions of social work practice.

Front Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Part 1 Introduction -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Critical Clinical Social Work -- Chapter 2 Critical Clinical Ethics -- Part 2 Critical Clinical Social Practice -- Chapter 3 Feminist Narrative Therapy and Complex Trauma -- Chapter 4 Critical Clinical Approaches with Girls and Their Experiences of Sexualized Violence -- Chapter 5 Exploring Trauma and Masculinity among Men Who Perpetrate Intimate Partner Violence -- Chapter 6 Strategies for Critical Clinical Practice in Veterans' Mental Health -- Chapter 7 Safety, Belonging, and Voice -- Chapter 8 Animal-Informed Social Work -- Part 3 Critical Social Welfare and Institutional Practices -- Chapter 9 The Whole or Part? Postcolonial Theory versus Clinical Approaches to Marginalized Groups' Quest for Social Services -- Chapter 10 Critical Intercultural Communication and Practice -- Chapter 11 Epistemic (In)Justice in Child Welfare Risk Assessment -- Chapter 12 AIDS Quarantine Revisited in British Columbia's Treatment as Prevention -- Part 4 Working in the Context of Marginalization, Oppression, and Diversity -- Chapter 13 Spirituality as a Resource for Well-Being in African Canadian Communities -- Chapter 14 (De)Colonizing Indigenous Social Work Praxis within the Borderlands -- Chapter 15 Counterbalancing Life with Chronic Pain through Storying Women's Experiences of (Dis)Ability -- Chapter 16 Validating Voice in Critical Clinical Work with Older People -- Part 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 17 Doing Critical Clinical Work from the Ground Up -- Conclusion Practices of Resistance through Counterstorying for Social Justice -- Contributor Biographies -- Index -- Back Cover.