The Community and the Social WorkerF.E. Peacock Publishers, 2001 - 389 pagine This text is intended to contribute to an understanding of human behavior in the social environment by providing social work students with an introduction to American communities. The primary focus is on local communities of place. Attention is also given to the communities of interest and identification that are intertwined with geographic communities. Ecological systems and social systems perspectives serve as conceptual and practical frameworks for examining the multiple communities in which people have membership, social identity, and social interaction. This edition begins with an exposition of the societal context of communities. American society is recognized as part of a global community and then examined as a social system, a community of communities, a multicultural society, and a civil society. The book emphasizes the way that discrimination, economic deprivation, and oppression affect populations at risk and demonstrates the role communities play in the pursuit of individual and collective social and economic justice. |
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... culture . One aspect of this culture is the artistic and intellectual production in the so- ciety : " the social practices , products and consumption of literature , vi- sual arts , music , theatre , film and television " ( Leonard ...
... culture . One aspect of this culture is the artistic and intellectual production in the so- ciety : " the social practices , products and consumption of literature , vi- sual arts , music , theatre , film and television " ( Leonard ...
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... cultural " melting pot , " sharing a com- mon culture and achieving an " American Dream . " This " Dream " has involved attainment of goals associated with lifestyles , home owner- ship , wages , social security , and medical care . In ...
... cultural " melting pot , " sharing a com- mon culture and achieving an " American Dream . " This " Dream " has involved attainment of goals associated with lifestyles , home owner- ship , wages , social security , and medical care . In ...
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... culture . The national culture has become associated with the nature of social problems , such as crime , homelessness , mental illness , children living in poverty , and health problems of cancer , AIDS , and substance abuse . Problems ...
... culture . The national culture has become associated with the nature of social problems , such as crime , homelessness , mental illness , children living in poverty , and health problems of cancer , AIDS , and substance abuse . Problems ...
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The Societal Context of Communities 124 | 1 |
American Society as a Welfare State | 30 |
Defining Communities | 49 |
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