Is political correctness a left-wing plot to stifle debate on certain issues, or a right-wing plot to ridicule social services and facilitate the dismantling of the welfare state? Is it no more than a parlour-game of semantic quibbles, or has it been allowed to blight the lives of children denied the stability of adoption while social workers argue about racial profiles? Has it tended to liberate the powerless, or just to put them in a position where they can be lectured by middle-class busybodies? In the end, has it made ...
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Is political correctness a left-wing plot to stifle debate on certain issues, or a right-wing plot to ridicule social services and facilitate the dismantling of the welfare state? Is it no more than a parlour-game of semantic quibbles, or has it been allowed to blight the lives of children denied the stability of adoption while social workers argue about racial profiles? Has it tended to liberate the powerless, or just to put them in a position where they can be lectured by middle-class busybodies? In the end, has it made the slightest difference to anything? Social workers are widely believed to be in thrall to political correctness, obsessed with the terminology of race and gender, and influenced by considerations which most people regard as irrelevant, foolish or malign. In this collection of essays, practitioners, theorists and writers on social work consider whether there is enough evidence to brand social workers with what Terry Philpot describes as the modern mark of Cain. "Political correctness has prevented thousands of needy people from receiving proper help from social services, according to the chief executive of one of the country's leading social welfare agencies." The Independent. "Some of Britain's leading social work professionals and commentators argue in a collection of essays published today that, in addition to being a fertile source of anecdote and ribaldry, political correctness can also be highly dangerous." The Times. "The book has opened up an area for debate that has long been a thorn in the side of practitioners; it has started the process of separating media myth from reality and for that alone it should be read with enthusiasm." British Journal of Social Work. "Political correctness is usually said to be about a special kind of language. But what the...pamphlet makes clear -from the inside, so to speak- is that this control of language was really a means to thought-control." The Daily Telegraph. "...taken as a whole, the essays offer a fascinating, if unfinished account of the complex nature of the interactions between public servants, their managers, the recipients of service, the media and the public at large." Community Care.
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