Human Behavior and the Social Environment : Shifting Paradigms in Essential Knowledge for Social Work Practice,9780205377817

Human Behavior and the Social Environment : Shifting Paradigms in Essential Knowledge for Social Work Practice

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Edition: 4th
ISBN13: 9780205377817
ISBN10: 0205377815
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-01-01
Publisher(s): Allyn & Bacon
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Summary

Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Shifting Paradigms in Essential Knowledge for Social Work Practiceprovides readers with a variety of traditional and alternative perspectives on human services issues, including diversity, feminism, client empowerment, individual development, families, groups, organizations, and communities. The author includes new and updated coverage of spirituality, global issues, diversity/cultural competency, aging theory, disabilities, and the impact of technology and the Internet on human services, and reflects the spirit and intent of the new CSWE Educational Policies and Standards (EPAS).

Table of Contents

Preface to Fourth Edition xvii
Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) and Paradigms
xxii
Purposes, Foundations, and Assumptions of Social Work
2(4)
Purposes of the Social Work Profession
3(1)
Foundation Areas
3(3)
Paradigms and Social Work
6(14)
Two Types of Paradigms: Traditional and Alternative
7(1)
Paradigm Analysis, Critical Thinking, and Deconstruction
8(1)
Paradigm Analysis
8(1)
Critical Thinking
9(1)
Deconstruction
9(1)
SEHB or HBSE?: A Critical Thinking Deconstructive Example
10(1)
Poverty Reduction
10(1)
Poverty and Oppression
11(1)
SEHB: A Global Context
11(1)
Technological Poverty: Social Work and HBSE/SEHB
11(1)
Paradigms and History
12(2)
Social Work History: Science and Art
14(3)
Paradigm Shift
17(2)
Paradigm Shift, Social Work, and Social Change
19(1)
Paradigms, Culture, Ethnicity, and Race
20(8)
Culture and Society: Multiple Meanings
21(1)
Ethnicity
22(1)
Multiple Meanings of Race
23(1)
Social Work and Cultural Competence
24(1)
Paradigms, Culture, and Society
25(1)
Social Work and the Liberal Arts
26(1)
Paradigms, Power and Empowerment
27(1)
Summary/Transition
28(1)
Putting Things Together
29(1)
Integrating Chapter Content and Illustrative Readings
29(1)
Guide/Hints to Sharpen Critical Thinking Skills: Integrative Questions/Issues
30(1)
Guide/Hints to Life-Long Learning and the Internet
30(1)
Internet Search Terms
30(1)
References
31(13)
Measuring and Monitoring Children's Well-Being across the World
32(12)
Andrews
Ben-Arieh
Traditional and Alternative Paradigms
44(62)
Dimensions of Traditional and Dominant Paradigm
46(10)
Positivistic/Scientific/Objective/Quantitative: Ways of Knowing
46(3)
Masculinity/Patriarchy
49(2)
Whiteness
51(2)
Separate/Impersonal/Competitive
53(2)
Privilege
55(1)
Dimensions of Alternative/Possible Paradigms
56(26)
Interpretive/Intuitive/Subjective/Qualitative: Ways of Knowing
57(13)
Feminisms
70(3)
Diversities
73(6)
Interrelated/Personal/Integrative
79(2)
Oppressions
81(1)
Summary/Transition
82(2)
Putting Things Together: Integrating Chapter Content and Illustrative Readings
84(1)
Guide/Hints to Sharpen Critical Thinking Skills: Integrative Questions/Issues
84(1)
Guide/Hints to Life-Long Learning and the Internet
85(1)
Internet Search Terms
85(1)
References
85(21)
Tribal and Shamanic-Based Social Work Practice: A Lakota Perspective
88(18)
Voss
Douville
Little Soldier
Twiss
Paradigm Thinking and Social Work Knowledge for Practice
106(60)
Tools and Terms for Thinking About Thinking
108(12)
Ontology and Epistemology
108(2)
The Meaning of Metaphor
110(1)
The Necessity of Appreciating Ambiguity
110(2)
The Personal as Political: Individual and Social Change
112(1)
Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) and the Social Environment and Human Behavior (SEHB)
112(1)
The Substantive Nature of Language and Words
113(3)
Technology
116(2)
Social Work and Assessment
118(2)
Tools for Social Workers: Theories for Practice
120(24)
Traditional Theoretical Approaches
120(2)
Mid-Range Theoretical Approaches
122(6)
Alternative Theoretical Approaches
128(16)
Summary/Transition
144(1)
Putting Things Together: Integrating Chapter Content and Illustrative Readings
144(1)
Guide/Hints to Sharpen Critical Thinking Skills: Integrative Questions/Issues
145(1)
Guide/Hints to Life-Long Learning and the Internet
145(1)
Internet Search Terms
146(1)
References
146(20)
The Oppression of Women and Nature: Ecofeminism as a Framework for an Expanded Ecological Social Work
148(18)
Besthorn
McMillen
Traditional/Dominant Perspectives on Individuals
166(54)
A Critical Perspective on Developmental Journeys: Ladders to Climb?
168(18)
Critiques of Traditional Stage-Based Theories of Individual Development
168(4)
Developmental Perspectives: Commonality and Diversity
172(11)
Traditional Notions of Intelligence
183(1)
Developmental Paradigms and Social Work
184(1)
The Traditional and the Possible (Alternatives)
184(1)
Reductionism and Determinism
185(1)
Traditional and Dominant Developmental Theories
186(25)
Freud
187(5)
Piaget
192(2)
Kohlberg
194(2)
Erikson
196(6)
Levinson: Adult Development
202(4)
Disengagement Theory of Aging
206(2)
Analysis Criticism: Traditional Developmental Approaches and People of Color
208(1)
Themes regarding People of Color in Traditional Developmental Approaches
209(2)
Summary/Transition
211(1)
Putting Things Together: Integrating Chapter Content and Illustrative Readings
211(1)
Guide/Hints to Sharpen Critical Thinking Skills: Integrative Questions/Issues
212(1)
Guide/Hints to Life-Long Learning and the Internet
212(1)
Internet Search Terms
213(1)
References
213(7)
Transcendance in Later Life
214(6)
Tornstam
Alternative and Possible Perspectives on Individuals
220(82)
Alternative and Possible Developmental Theories
222(11)
SEHB and Individual Development
223(1)
Poverty: The Social Environment and the Life Course
224(1)
Poverty and Human Development: Hunger in the United States and Globally
225(2)
Identity Development
227(2)
Sexuality
229(1)
Multiple Intelligences
230(2)
Creativity
232(1)
Focus: People of Color
233(19)
Introduction
233(1)
Who Are People of Color?: Demographic Status
233(1)
Who Are People of Color?: Population and Population Change
233(1)
Developmental Perspectives and People of Color: Emphasis on Children and Youth
234(5)
An Interactive Model
239(2)
Life Span and Adult Development Models and People of Color
241(6)
The Adult Development of African-American Men: An Extension of Levinson's Model of Adult Development
247(2)
Multiracial Identities
249(3)
Focus: Whiteness/White Identity
252(2)
White Identity Development Ego Statuses
253(1)
Focus: Women
254(10)
Women and Development: A Different Voice
255(6)
Adult Women and Developmental Experiences
261(1)
MidLife Worries/Problems/Realities
262(2)
Focus: Sexual Orientation
264(7)
Sexual Orientation and Biology
264(1)
Human Development Perspective on Lesbian, Gay Male, and Bisexual Development
265(1)
Multiple Meanings of Lesbianism
266(2)
Bisexualities
268(2)
Cass's Model of Homosexual Identity Formation
270(1)
Focus: Persons with Disabilities
271(5)
The Americans with Disabilities Act
271(2)
Social Work, Developmental Disabilities, and Children
273(2)
Persons with Disabilities and Social and Economic Justice
275(1)
ADA and Advocating for Social and Economic Justice
275(1)
Focus: Men
276(5)
Men, Masculinity, and Identity
276(1)
NOMAS: An Alternative Vision of Maleness
277(2)
Men and Violence
279(2)
Summary/Commonalities
281(1)
Putting Things Together: Integrating Chapter Content and Illustrative Readings
282(1)
Guide/Hints to Sharpen Critical Thinking Skills: Integrative Questions/Issues
282(1)
Guide/Hints to Life-Long Learning and the Internet
283(1)
Internet Search Terms
283(1)
References
284(18)
Remembering Larry
286(16)
Gilligan
Perspectives on Familiness
302(78)
Familiness
304(1)
Social Work and Families
305(7)
Social Work Implications
305(1)
Current Influences on Families
306(1)
(SEHB): The Social Environment and Family
307(1)
The Digital Divide: Technology and Families---The Influence of Race and Income
308(4)
Approaches to Understanding Familiness
312(4)
Life Course Theory and Familiness
313(3)
Traditional Models
316(10)
Traditional Definitions
317(1)
Duvall and Hill: National Conference on Family Life Model
318(1)
Changes in Traditional Family Life Cycle Models
319(5)
Grandparents as Parents
324(2)
The Alternative/Possible
326(3)
Alternative Definitions
327(2)
Focus: People of Color
329(12)
Adaptive Strategies
330(8)
Familiness and Multiracial Realities
338(3)
Focus: Women
341(6)
Feminist Perspective on Families and Familiness
341(5)
Summary
346(1)
Focus: Sexual Orientation
347(9)
Familiness from a Lesbian/Gay Perspective
347(2)
Traditional Family Development Theories: Implications for Gay and Lesbian Families
349(2)
Defining Gay and Lesbian Families
351(5)
Focus: Families and Disability
356(3)
Summary/Transition
359(1)
Putting Things Together: Integrating Chapter Content and Illustrative Readings
360(1)
Guide/Hints to Sharpen Critical Thinking Skills: Integrative Questions/Issues
361(1)
Guide/Hints to Life-Long Learning and the Internet
362(1)
Internet Search Terms
362(1)
References
363(17)
A Disability Culture Perspective on Early Intervention with Parents with Physical or Cognitive Disabilities and Their Infants
365(15)
Kirshbaum
Perspectives on Groups
380(46)
Definitions
382(1)
Historical Perspective
382(2)
History of Group Theory and Practice
383(1)
History of a Group
383(1)
Traditional and Alternative Perspectives
384(30)
Process and Product Dimensions
384(1)
Goals and Purposes
385(1)
Membership
386(1)
Leadership, Followership, and Decision Making
387(2)
Democratic Groups
389(3)
Rules and Norms
392(1)
Conformity and Deviance in Groups
393(3)
Individual and Group Dimensions
396(3)
Stage Theories and Models
399(3)
Social Systems/Ecological Perspectives
402(1)
Diversity, Oppression, and Groups
403(10)
Effective Groups
413(1)
Summary/Transition
414(1)
Putting Things Together: Integrating Chapter Content and Illustrative Readings
414(1)
Guide/Hints to Sharpen Critical Thinking Skills: Integrative Questions/Issues
415(1)
Guide/Hints to Life-Long Learning and the Internet
416(1)
Internet Search Terms
416(1)
References
416(10)
The Power of Group Work with Kids: A Practitioner's Reflection on Strengths-Based Practice
417(9)
Malekoff
Perspective on Organizations
426(62)
Historical Perspective on Organizations
429(1)
Basic Concepts/Definitions
430(2)
Types of Organizations
431(1)
Traditional Paradigms
432(11)
Scientific Management or Classical Theory
433(2)
Bureaucracy
435(2)
Human Relations
437(2)
Theory X and Theory Y
439(1)
Systems Perspectives
440(1)
Contingency Theory
441(1)
Organizational Life Cycle Theories
442(1)
Strengths, Weaknesses, Criticism
443(1)
Alternative Paradigms
444(23)
Organizational Culture/Climate
445(2)
The ``Iron Law of Oligarchy''
447(1)
A Critical Perspective
448(1)
Consensus Organizations
449(4)
Modified Consensus Organizations
453(1)
Feminist Approaches to Organizations
454(2)
Chaos/Complexity Theory and Organizations
456(1)
Theory Z
457(4)
Total Quality Management (TQM)
461(1)
Learning Organizations
462(1)
Global Issues
462(1)
World-Class Organizations
463(1)
Managing Diversity
464(3)
Technology, Organizations, and Social Policy
467(3)
The Digital Divide and Organizations: Technology, Poverty, and Inequality
468(2)
Conclusion
470(1)
Summary/Transition
471(1)
Putting Things Together: Integrating Chapter Content and Illustrative Readings
471(1)
Guide/Hints to Sharpen Critical Thinking Skills: Integrative Questions/Issues
472(1)
Guide/Hints to Life-Long Learning and the Internet
472(1)
Internet Search Terms
473(1)
References
473(15)
Changes in Services and Supports for People with Developmental Disabilities: New Challenges to Established Practice
475(13)
Bradley
Perspectives on Community (ies)
488(54)
Historical Perspectives on Community
491(1)
Defining Community
492(1)
Traditional Perspectives
493(4)
Community as Place
493(1)
Community as Function
494(1)
Community as Middle Ground, Mediator, or Link
494(1)
Community as Ways of Relating
495(1)
Community as Social System
496(1)
Alternative Perspectives on Community
497(32)
Alternative Approaches to Community
497(1)
SEHB and Community: Poverty Reduction
498(1)
Community Building/Community Renewal
498(1)
People- and Place-Based Strategies
499(1)
Community Building and Physical Environment
500(1)
Comprehensive Community Initiatives
500(1)
Economic Perspectives on Community: Capital/Assets
501(1)
Types of Capital: Financial, Human, and Social
502(6)
Civil Society, Civic Culture, and Civil Ethic
508(1)
Social Capital and Diversity
509(1)
Nonplace Community
509(5)
Technology and Community
514(1)
Technology and Social Networks
514(2)
Community as Social Network
516(1)
Qualitative Aspects of Community
516(2)
Intentional Communities
518(1)
Virtual Community
518(4)
Community: Social and Economic Justice and Oppression
522(2)
Diversity and Community
524(5)
Summary/Transition
529(1)
Putting Things Together: Integrating Chapter Content and Illustrative Readings
529(1)
Guide/Hints to Sharpen Critical Thinking Skills: Integrative Questions/Issues
530(1)
Guide/Hints to Life-Long Learning and the Internet
530(1)
Internet Search Terms
531(1)
References
531(11)
Hip-Hop Nation: The Undeveloped Social Capital of Black Urban America
533(9)
Sullivan
Global Perspectives and Theories
542(25)
CSWE Education Policy and Standards Related to International Social Work
544(2)
Defining International and Global Contexts
546(1)
Historical Context of International Social Work: Traditional and Alternative Perspectives
546(2)
Technology and International Social Work
548(1)
International Social Development
548(1)
Ten Principle Commitments of the Copenhagen Declaration
549(1)
United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights
550(6)
International Social Work Organizations
553(1)
The International Association of Schools of Social Work
553(1)
The International Council on Social Welfare
554(1)
The International Federation of Social Workers
554(1)
International Definition of Social Work
555(1)
Summary
556(1)
Putting Things Together: Integrating Chapter Content and Illustrative Readings
556(1)
Guide/Hints to Sharpen Critical Thinking Skills: Integrative Questions/Issues
557(1)
Guide/Hints to Life-Long Learning and the Internet
557(1)
References
557(10)
Social Development for the New Millennium: Visions and Strategies for Global Transformation
558(9)
Sonn
Index 567

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