Carolyn J. Tice & Dennis D. Long 
Macro Social Work Practice [EPUB ebook] 
Advocacy in Action

Empower your students to become advocates for change. 




Macro Social Work Practice: Advocacy in Action 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.



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PREFACE

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

Om författaren

Lisa E. Cox, Ph D, LCSW, MSW is Professor of Social Work and Gerontology in Stockton University’s School of Social & Behavioral Science, Social Work Program. Prior to 1999, Dr. Cox held a joint appointment at Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU) School of Medicine and School of Social Work. For eleven years Dr. Cox served as a pioneering AIDS clinical trial social workers with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease-funded Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS. Dr. Cox received BA degrees in history/political science and Spanish from Bridgewater College, and her Graduate Certificate in Aging Studies, MSW and Ph D degrees from VCU. Since 2007, she has served as research chair, Fellow and Research Scholar for The Stockton Center on Successful Aging. Dr. Cox teaches undergraduate and graduate level classes in social work practice, gerontology (Aging & Spirituality; Clinical Gerontological Social Work Practice), HIV/AIDS, research, psychopathology and cultural neuroscience and she has co-led study tours to Costa Rica. She has been a faculty scholar with the national Geriatric Education Center and is a governor appointee to the New Jersey board of Social Work Examiners. Dr. Cox is a longstanding member of the National Association of Social Workers and has shared her vast practice experience by holding numerous leadership roles within NASW: National Advisory Board member to the Spectrum HIV/AIDS Project, Chair of the Health Specialty Practice Section, Standards for Social Work Practice in Health Care Settings Task Force expert, Long-term Care Liaison to The Joint Commission on Health Care, and Unit Chairperson.  Dr. Cox has presented her scholarship nationally and internationally. She has authored four other books, several book chapters and journal articles focused on health social work, gerontology, international social work, social support, and medication adherence.  Leisure time is spent playing the piano and enjoying sports, films, and opera.