@inbook{e4ad050baaac439689b998eeaa86a6d3,
title = "Empowerment as biopolitical: the case of Roma people in the Czech Republic",
abstract = "In this chapter, the authors consider the marginal horizons of empowerment on a concrete case of the Roma people in the Czech Republic. The authors draw on critical social work scholarship through which they explore a concrete case of social work intervention, the case of social work intervention that effectively leads to greater disadvantages and racism of the Roma people in the Czech locality. We deploy the concept of {"}exclusive inclusion{"} to unpick the neoliberal influences on empowerment via work of Giorgio Agamben and to a lesser degree by Roberto Esposito. With the case of social work engagement with the Roma people in Czech Republic, the authors argue that social work practice as a profession is in serious need of deep critical reflection on existing practice and the so-called progressive values, practices that are also shaped by exclusion, despite them having a veneer of inclusivity and empowerment in the rhetoric.",
keywords = "empowerment, biopolitical, Roma people, Czech Republic, social work",
author = "Eva Kourova and Webb, {Prof Stephen}",
year = "2022",
month = nov,
day = "11",
doi = "10.4324/9781003211969",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781032078885",
pages = "431--446",
editor = "Webb, {Stephen A.}",
booktitle = "The Routledge Handbook of International Critical Social Work",
edition = "1st",
}