{"product_id":"macro-social-work-practice-advocacy-in-action-9781506388410","title":"Macro Social Work Practice: Advocacy in Action","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmpower your students to become advocates for change. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eMacro Social Work Practice: Advocacy in Action\u003c\/strong\u003e shows students studying in macro social work practice how to enact change at the organizational, community, societal, and global levels. An emphasis is placed on engaging in macro practice using the tenets of the award-winning author team’s Advocacy Policy and Practice Model (APPM) that highlight the inclusion of economic and social justice, supportive environment, human needs and rights, and political access. Beginning with a history of macro practice and continuing with contemporary issues facing social workers, this new text helps readers learn how to enact advocacy, informed by key orientations and perspectives and grounded in timely and relevant examples and causes.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  FREE DIGITAL TOOLS INCLUDED WITH THIS TEXT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eSAGE edge\u003c\/strong\u003e gives instructors and students the edge they need to succeed with an array of teaching and learning tools in one easy-to-navigate website.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHORS CHAPTER 1. A Historical Perspective of Macro Practice and Advocacy    WHAT IS MACRO PRACTICE?    WHAT DOES MACRO SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE MEAN?    THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF MACRO PRACTICE    THE UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MACRO PRACTICE    THE SOCIAL WORK VALUES OF MACRO PRACTICE    ADVOCACY AND EMPOWERMENT CHAPTER 2. Contemporary Macro Practice Perspectives    PLANNED CHANGE PROCESS AND CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES AND ORIENTATIONS    THE PROBLEM-CENTERED APPROACH    THE STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE    ECOLOGICAL THEORY    EMPOWERMENT    SYSTEMS THEORY    PERSON-IN-ENVIRONMENT    ADVOCACY MODEL    A COMMUNITY-BASED PRACTICE ORIENTATION    INTEGRATING PERSPECTIVES AND ORIENTATIONS WITH MACRO PRACTICE    ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS CHAPTER 3. Engage Diversity and Difference    DEFINING DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCE    THE ROLE OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND CULTURAL HUMILITY IN MACRO PRACTICE    WHAT IS INTERSECTIONALITY IN MACRO PRACTICE?    IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT BIASES    INCLUSION    ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CHAPTER 4. An Advocacy Model for Dynamic Practice    WHAT IS ADVOCACY?    ADVOCACY AND ETHICS    ADVOCACY AND MACRO PRACTICE    THE ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND POLICY MODEL (APPM)    THEORETICAL FOUNDATION OF THE ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND POLICY MODEL    HOW THE APPM APPLIES TO MACRO PRACTICE CHAPTER 5. Understanding and Enriching Organizational Life    THE RELEVANCE OF ORGANIZATIONS IN SOCIAL WORK    THE CONCEPT OF ORGANIZATION    TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS    UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONS USING THEORIES AND PERSPECTIVES    HOW ORGANIZATIONS FUNCTION    HUMAN DIVERSITY AND HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS    ORGANIZATION AS A SYSTEM    ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPERS    EMPOWERMENT    ETHICAL ISSUES THAT OCCUR WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS CHAPTER 6. Exploring the Concept of Communities and Community Practice    HOW ARE COMMUNITIES DEFINED?    FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNITIES    SOCIAL WORK AND COMMUNITY PRACTICE    OVERVIEW AND HISTORY OF COMMUNITY PRACTICE AND ORGANIZING    USEFUL THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN COMMUNITY PRACTICE STRATEGIES    APPLYING THE ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND POLICY MODEL TO COMMUNITY PRACTICE    PRINCIPLES ON USING A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE    USING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THEORY TO IMPROVE PRACTICE    CONSIDER ETHICAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNITY PRACTICE CHAPTER 7. Social Planning    WHAT IS SOCIAL PLANNING?    CONSUMER PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL PLANNING    WAYS OF APPROACHING SOCIAL PLANNING    ADVOCACY MODEL    PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN MACRO SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE    STRATEGIC PLANNING FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT    SOCIAL PLANNING PROCESS    THE NIMBY PHENOMENON    RESOURCE CONSIDERATIONS IN SOCIAL PLANNING    SOCIAL PLANNING AS A COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS    PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 8. Administration and Leadership: Building on Advocacy and Strengths    WHAT IS ADMINISTRATION?    ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES    ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS    SOCIAL WORK ADMINISTRATION FROM A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE    THE ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND POLICY MODEL AND SOCIAL WORK ADMINISTRATION    ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS CHAPTER 9. Policy Practice, Political Persuasion, and Advocacy    POLICY PRACTICE, POLITICAL PERSUASION, AND ADVOCACY    DEFINING SOCIAL POLICY    THE PROBLEM-CENTERED APPROACH    THE POLICY PROCESS FROM A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE    THE ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND POLICY MODEL AND POLICY PRACTICE    KNOWING THE POLITICAL PROCESS    THINKING AND ACTING POLITICALLY    INFLUENCING THE POLITICAL PROCESS    PROFESSIONAL SKILLS IN POLICY PRACTICE    ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS CHAPTER 10. Using Technology in Social Work Practice    ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA    THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY BY SOCIAL WORKERS    ADVOCACY SUITES    THE ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND POLICY MODEL AND TECHNOLOGY    ETHICAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH TECHNOLOGY    FUTURE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE CHAPTER 11. Informing Macro Practice With Research    WHAT IS EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH MACRO PRACTICE?    QUANTITATIVE VS. QUALITATIVE ANALYSES    ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN RESEARCH STRATEGIES    INFUSING RESEARCH FINDINGS INTO MACRO PRACTICE    DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS CHAPTER 12. Evaluating Macro Change    WHAT IS EVALUATION?    FUNDING SOURCES AND RESEARCH    PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH AND POLICY AND PRACTICE    ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS CHAPTER 13. Advocacy for Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice    VALUES BASE OF SOCIAL WORK    POLITICAL ACTIVISM    POLITICAL LEANINGS    HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE    APPLY THE ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND POLICY MODEL (APPM)    ADVOCACY STRATEGIES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CHAPTER 14. Assessing Your Macro Practice Skills    MACRO PRACTICE AS A LIFELONG CALLING    ENGAGING IN SELF-ASSESSMENT    RECOGNIZING STRENGTHS IN MACRO PRACTICE ROLES    ADVOCACY STARTS WITH SELF    THE VALUE OF NETWORKING, PARTNERSHIPS, AND COLLABORATIONS    STAY CURRENT THROUGH READING APPENDIX GLOSSARY REFERENCES INDEX","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53734046073175,"sku":"9781506388410","price":161.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/macro-social-work-practice-advocacy-in-action-9781506388410","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}