Ian Kelvin Hyslop

Globally, social workers are committed to human rights and challenging unjust social structures. However, their close ties to the state often reinforce such systems of oppression. The first to apply abolitionist theory from international perspectives to social work, Abolition in Social Work and Human Services examines this contradiction, exploring whether social work can embrace radical change while operating within state...

A Political History of Child Protection by Ian Kelvin Hyslop explores the current and historical tensions between liberal capitalism and indigenous models of family life. Hyslop argues for a new model of child protection in Aotearoa New Zealand and other parts of the Anglophone world. He puts forward the case that child safety can only be sustainably advanced by policy...