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The Role of Ideology in Community Work: Contributions from Feminism and the Left
Author(s) -
Creed Helen,
Tomlinson John
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1984.tb01270.x
Subject(s) - ideology , mainstream , left wing politics , feminism , project commissioning , sociology , gender studies , publishing , work (physics) , dominant ideology , new left , media studies , social science , politics , political science , law , engineering , mechanical engineering
Mainstream Australian community work has consistently attempted to present itself as an ideologically neutral professional discipline. In this paper we point to the inherent conservative nature of non‐ideological practice and suggest that through adopting leftist and feminist ideologies the people we service are advantaged.