The Community and the Social WorkerThis 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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poverty " characterized by " poor segregated neighborhoods in which a
substantial majority of individual adults are either unemployed or have dropped
out of the labor force . ” Thus , in 15 black community areas the employment rate
in 1990 ...
poverty " characterized by " poor segregated neighborhoods in which a
substantial majority of individual adults are either unemployed or have dropped
out of the labor force . ” Thus , in 15 black community areas the employment rate
in 1990 ...
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THE UNDERCLASS In recent years social scientists and human service
professionals have given considerable attention to people who live in poverty , or
move in and out of poverty , who are usually unemployed or employed on an
irregular ...
THE UNDERCLASS In recent years social scientists and human service
professionals have given considerable attention to people who live in poverty , or
move in and out of poverty , who are usually unemployed or employed on an
irregular ...
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In contrast , high - poverty neighborhoods have poor public services , schools of
poor quality , high unemployment rates , few adult role models , high crime rates ,
and deteriorated physical conditions . Neighborhoods with high poverty levels ...
In contrast , high - poverty neighborhoods have poor public services , schools of
poor quality , high unemployment rates , few adult role models , high crime rates ,
and deteriorated physical conditions . Neighborhoods with high poverty levels ...
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The Societal Context of Communities | 1 |
American Society as a Welfare State | 30 |
Defining Communities | 49 |
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