Macro practice in social work for the 21st century : bridging the macro-micro divide /: bridging the macro-micro divide. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steve Burghardt, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College--City University of New York.
• Authors: Burghardt, Stephen
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Introduction to the Second Edition: Focus, Outline, Learning Objectives, Competencies; Section One: Pre-Engagement; Chapter 1.Starting Before the Beginning: Historical Origins, Strategic Assumptions & Professional Development: The Creation of A Textbook; Chapter 2.Developing Pre-Engagement Skills through An Understanding of Context: “History Moves”; Section Two: Engagement; Chapter 3.Using Engagement Skills to Improve Community Assessments: Joining ‘Micro’ to ‘Macro’ through Tactical Self-Awareness; Chapter 4.The Unconscious in Organizing: The Struggle to Build Authentic Relationships in Community Interventions; Chapter 5.The Social Construction of Practice: Where ‘Macro’ and ‘Micro’ Meet on the Road Towards Personal and Community Transformation; Section Three: Relationship-Building; Chapter 6.“Embody the Change You Seek:” Leadership Development through Relationship-Building; Chapter 7.Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?: Building Effective Coalitions While Resolving The Not-So-Hidden Realities of Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality and Age In Everyday Practice; Section Four: Interventions; Chapter 8.From Checkers to Chess: The Strategic Development of A Community Practitioner; Chapter 9.Think Local, Act Global: A Case Example of 21st Century Macro Practice through the Power of Social Networking; Chapter 10: Expanding the Practitioner Toolkit: Social Workers Inside the Political Arena; Chapter 11: The Re-emergence of Environmental Activism Within Social Work by Kristin Lebeaveau & Meredith Ledlie; Section Five: Evaluation; Chapter 12.Crossing the Great Divide: A Grass Roots Organizer Evaluates How to be a Socially Committed Supervisor…and Beyond; Chapter 13.So Much Information, So Little Time: Human Service Executives’ Strategic, Evidence-Based Search for Social Justice; Conclusion; Chapter 14.Summing Up, Moving Forward: Key lessons and New Directions for 21st Century Practice Towards Personal & Social Transformation; Index; About the Author;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (512 pages)
• Subjects: 361.32; Social work administration -- Evaluation; Community organization; Community organization; Social work administration -- Evaluation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483323312; 1483323315
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