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Informationen zum Autor Steve Burghardt, PhD, is professor of social work at the Hunter College School of Social Work and partner of the Leadership Transformation Group, is a recognized expert on community organizing, democratic leadership, and popular education. He has taught, trained, consulted, and organized with both grass roots community groups and large scale public agencies on new models of practice throughout his career. The author of seven other books and numerous articles, he has won numerous awards for his teaching on community organizing through popular education, political economy of social welfare, and theories of social change. Klappentext This project is a skills-based macro practice text for courses in social work community practice. The author has new interviews to draw on but will retain several of the original for variety, and he will walk the student through the career path of a macro practice practitioner. This book is different from other macro practice texts in that it is focused on building skills for effective practice through out the traditional macro social work career path. A key part of determining one's path and place in practice is to reflect on their own personal values and mission and keep those values alive throughout their career. This book aims to do so by containing reflective exercises and activities through out. Some unique features of this text include: - Differs from main competing texts in its effort to build skills and focus on reflection, growth and theory to practice application activities - Allows students to get a concrete sense of what it means to be in macro practice by providing interviews of organizers, program developers, and administrative executives. - Case studies in every chapter allow students to apply key concepts to actual cases in practice - Author to provide DVD of interviews with community organizers and managers for student website Zusammenfassung This project is a skills-based macro practice text for courses in social work community practice and is primarily focused on building skills for effective practice throughout the traditional macro social work career path. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Commit...
