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Social work: Oppression and resistance (2015)
Book Chapter
Nayak, S. (2015). Social work: Oppression and resistance. In I. Parker (Ed.), Handbook of Critical Psychology. Abingdon/New York: Routledge

Race, gender and the activism of Black feminist theory : Working with Audre Lorde (2014)
Other
Nayak, S. (2014). Race, gender and the activism of Black feminist theory : Working with Audre Lorde. London and New york

Beginning from the premise that all ideologies and movements for radical social change including critical psychology needs to be questioned, dismantled, and new perspectives brought to the table in order to produce alternative solutions, this book ta... Read More about Race, gender and the activism of Black feminist theory : Working with Audre Lorde.

Equality and diversity (2013)
Book Chapter
Nayak, S. (2013). Equality and diversity. In A. Worsley, T. Mann, A. Olsen, & E. Mason-Whitehead (Eds.), Key Concepts in Social Work Practice (74-78). Sage

The concepts of equality and diversity are at the heart of Sojourner Truth’s speech delivered in 1851 at the Women's Convention on equal rights in Ohio, where baring her breasts, she asked a curious question, ‘Ain't I a woman?’. This situation has mo... Read More about Equality and diversity.

Communication problems in a couple (2013)
Book Chapter
Nayak, S., & Hesk, G. (2013). Communication problems in a couple. In J. Bettmann, G. Jacques, & C. Frost (Eds.), International Social Work Practice : Case Studies from a Global Context. Routledge

The activism of Black feminist theory in confronting violence against women : Interconnections, politics and practice (2013)
Book Chapter
Nayak, S. (2013). The activism of Black feminist theory in confronting violence against women : Interconnections, politics and practice. In I. Testoni, M. Wieser, A. Groterath, & M. Guglielmin (Eds.), Teaching Against Violence Reassessing the Toolbox : Teaching with Gender European Women’s Studies in International and Interdisciplinary Classrooms (31-60). The European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation, Utrecht & Central European University Press

This chapter uses Audre Lorde’s essay “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power” as an analytic framework to explore an account of gender violation experienced by Patricia Hill Collins. The intention is to demonstrate that the activism of Black femini... Read More about The activism of Black feminist theory in confronting violence against women : Interconnections, politics and practice.

Testimony, tolerance and hospitality : The limitations of the Human Rights Act in relation to asylum seekers (2012)
Book Chapter
Nayak, S. (2012). Testimony, tolerance and hospitality : The limitations of the Human Rights Act in relation to asylum seekers. In N. Kang-Riou, J. Milner, & S. Nayak (Eds.), Confronting the Human Rights Act : Contemporary Themes and Perpectives (219-241). London: Routledge

This chapter is written with women asylum seekers as a lens of critical situated knowledge. These co-writers are members of the campaign group ‘United for Change’, within the ‘Salford Forum for Refugees and People Seeking Asylum’ and the charitable... Read More about Testimony, tolerance and hospitality : The limitations of the Human Rights Act in relation to asylum seekers.

Confronting the human rights act 1998 : Contemporary themes and perspectives (2012)
Book
(2012). N. Kang-Riou, J. Milner, & S. Nayak (Eds.), Confronting the human rights act 1998 : Contemporary themes and perspectives. London: Routledge

The contributors to the volume come from different spheres and include members of the bench in the UK and Australia, academics, researchers, member of NGOs, and campaigners as well as people giving testimony of lived experience in relation to the Hum... Read More about Confronting the human rights act 1998 : Contemporary themes and perspectives.