Political Social Work
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Political Social Work
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Author : Shannon R. Lane
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-12-16
Political Social Work written by Shannon R. Lane and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-16 with Social Science categories.
This social work book is the first of its kind, describing practical steps that social workers can take to shape and influence both policy and politics. It prepares social workers and social work students to impact political action and subsequent policy, with a detailed real-world framework for turning ideas into concrete goals and strategies for effecting change. Tracing the roots of social work in response to systemic social inequality, it clearly relates the tenets of social work to the challenges and opportunities of modern social change. The book identifies the core domains of political social work, including engaging individuals and communities in voting, influencing policy agendas, and seeking and holding elected office. Chapters elaborate on the necessary skills for political social work, featuring discussion, examples, and critical thinking exercises in such vital areas as: Power, empowerment, and conflict: engaging effectively with power in political settings. Getting on the agenda: assessing the political context and developing political strategy. Planning the political intervention: advocacy and electoral campaigns. Empowering voters Persuasive political communication. Budgeting and allocating resources. Evaluating political social work efforts. Making ethical decisions in political social work. Political Social Work is a potent reference for social work professionals, practitioners, and students seeking core political knowledge and skills to practically advance their work. For specialists and generalists alike, it solidifies political action as vital for the evolution of the field.
The Politics Of Social Work
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Author : Fred W Powell
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2001-05-25
The Politics Of Social Work written by Fred W Powell and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-05-25 with Social Science categories.
The Politics of Social Work provides a major contribution to debates on the politics of social work, at the beginning of the 21st Century. It locates social work within wider political and theoretical debates and deals with important issues currently facing social workers and the organisations in which they work. By setting the current crisis of identity social workers are experiencing in international context, Fred Powell analyses the choices facing social work in postmodern society. Fred Powell explores in this text contemporary and historical paradigms of social work from its Victorian origins to the development of reformist practice in the welfare state to radical social work, responses to social exclusion, the rennaissance of civil society, multiculturalism, feminism and anti-oppressive practice. In conclusion the he examines the options facing social work in the 21st century and argues for a civic model of social work based on the pursuit of social justice in an inclusive society.
Politics For Social Workers
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Author : Stephen Pimpare
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2021-11-23
Politics For Social Workers written by Stephen Pimpare and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-23 with Social Science categories.
The social work profession calls on its members to strive for social justice. It asks aspiring and practicing social workers to advocate for political change and take part in political action on behalf of marginalized people and groups. Yet this macro goal is often left on the back burner as the day-to-day struggles of working directly with clients take precedence. And while most social workers have firsthand knowledge of how public policy neglects or outright harms society’s most vulnerable, too few have training in the political processes that created these policies. This book is a concise, accessible guide to help social workers understand how politics and policy making really work—and what they can do to help their clients and their communities. Helping readers develop sustainable strategies at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels, this book is a hands-on manual to contemporary American politics, showing social workers and social work students how to engage in effective activism. Stephen Pimpare, a political scientist with extensive experience as a social work practitioner and instructor, offers informed, practical grounding in the mechanics of policy making and the tools that activists and outsiders can use to take on an entrenched system. He distills key research and insights from political science and related disciplines into a practical resource for social work students, instructors, and practitioners looking to deepen their policy knowledge and capacity to achieve change.
Politics And Social Work
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Author : Ray Lees
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Politics And Social Work written by Ray Lees and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Social action categories.
Practical Politics
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Author : Maryann Mahaffey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Practical Politics written by Maryann Mahaffey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Social workers categories.
Social Work And Society
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Author : Pollock, Sarah
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2019-11-27
Social Work And Society written by Pollock, Sarah and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-27 with Social Science categories.
It is essential that social work students understand the lasting impact political decision making can have on service users, yet little guidance exists on this subject. This valuable book provides a comprehensive introduction to politics in social work, unifying the themes of political ideology and social construction across several areas of social work practice, including emerging areas of practice. The book: • Introduces the dominant political ideologies in the UK; • Examines the impact of these ideological perspectives on different demographic groups; • Explores emerging areas of growing political interest such as radicalisation; • Employs case studies and examples from practice to aid student understanding. Including helpful key points to guide reading at the beginning of each chapter, as well as exercises for seminars and further reading recommendations, this text will be an invaluable resource to all students in social work.
Practical And Political Approaches To Recontextualizing Social Work
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Author : Boulet, Jacques
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2021-02-19
Practical And Political Approaches To Recontextualizing Social Work written by Boulet, Jacques and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-19 with Social Science categories.
Currently there is an enduring and changing meaning of social work in a world where new crises are being confronted and new opportunities are arriving in the evolving context of social work and the related disciplines. There is a question on how to manage the transformation of social work both productively and creatively during this global shift. Practitioners and educators can experience a tragic disorientation when confronted by the diversity and depth of these crises endured and can face doubts about their role in social work throughout all these changes and difficult situations. Alternatives to this disorientation, a comfort with uncertainty, and a capability to take risks need to urgently be developed on a professional and personal level for success in the evolving field. Through historical lens and a review of policies and value-based approaches, the recontextualization of social work can be explored. Practical and Political Approaches to Recontextualizing Social Work explores practical and political ways in which social work practice has been reconstructed. Chapters identify this recontextualization of social work and how it is changing, adapting, and transforming the profession along with providing the potential implications for the profession. This book grants insight on the reconstruction of social work on the personal and interpersonal level (“case” work) and also on those intending to impact social work on the local/global environment level in all dimensions: politically, economically, socially, and ecologically. In addition, the book includes a shift from the present short-term and micro/personal view to a future and much broader and encompassing perspective and practice vision. This book is essential for social workers, practitioners, policymakers, government officials, researchers, academicians, and students who want to learn more about the recontextualizing of modern social work in a shifting global environment.
Political Social Work Practice
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Author : Brendan Young
language : en
Publisher: Waveland Press
Release Date : 2024-01-03
Political Social Work Practice written by Brendan Young and has been published by Waveland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-03 with Social Science categories.
Few social work students express an interest in politics, but now more than ever those voices are necessary in the political arena. Social programs and policies central to the client systems of social workers are determined in the political space. Brendan Young has written this book to inspire students to bring the unique value system embraced by social workers to the political process. Like all titles in the Social Work Modules series, the chapters in Political Social Work Practice follow courses in the standard social work curriculum. This allows the book to be used as supplementary reading to add a political component to any social work course, as well as in a stand-alone course on political social work.
Affecting Change
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Author : Karen S. Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Release Date : 2006
Affecting Change written by Karen S. Haynes and has been published by Allyn & Bacon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
An action-oriented text, the Sixth Edition of Affecting Change continues to provide new ideas and strategies to help students become better advocates for their future clients. Updated to reflect advances in technology and changes in social welfare policy, this revision shows students how to develop political action skills. This practical, step-by-step guide focuses on advocacy as the central mission of social work practice. New material and personal scenarios involving social workers who have made a difference-senators, representatives, and officials in the political arena-serve to inspire students. Revised and expanded chapters show how social work skills can be most effective, whether by impacting the political arena as a social worker or running for office.
International Perspectives On Social Work And Political Conflict
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Author : Joe Duffy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
International Perspectives On Social Work And Political Conflict written by Joe Duffy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Social conflict categories.
International Perspectives on Social Work and Political Conflict provides an important basis for readers to recognise and understand the unique and specialist role that social workers have played and continue to play in international contexts of political conflict. Social workers make an important contribution in these difficult and sometimes dangerous situations across all continents. This book highlights the importance of social work in these very challenging contexts. The first part of this book includes four chapters that summarise the existing knowledge base. The second part focuses on a case study of Northern Ireland where, for the first time, a detailed examination of the social work role was completed which involved researching the views of social work practitioners, managers and educators. Part three then draws together international experts in the field who have written chapters on those regions where social workers have been dealing with long standing periods of political conflict. At a time when violent conflagrations are currently a feature of many countries and regions across the continents of the world, this book offers a critical view of the social work role in these contexts and should thus be considered essential reading for all social work academics, students and professionals working in conflict-affected societies.