About the Book

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.

Table of Contents:
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