The Gender of Power Alisun Thompson These methods provide clients and

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This book examines key sociological theories that have contributed to the understanding of the nature of social work

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The Gender of Power Alisun Thompson These methods provide clients andDrawing on feminist theories of women's oppression and on social theories of power, this book offers original analyses of the relationship between gender and power. The Gender of Power presents a critique of feminist theories of power as simply top down models of the oppression of women. The authors argue that this notion presents women as passive victims and ignores the diversity and complexity of women's experiences. The ideas on power of Bourdieu,