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Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Macro Level : Groups, Communities, and Organizations

ISBN: 9780199740574 | 0199740577
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 10/11/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
A timely revision in this global age, Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Macro Level develops a sophisticated and original view of the cultural, global, spiritual, and natural worlds that people inhabit, and the impact of these worlds on human behavior. Its major new theme, sustainability, emerges as a key characteristic of contemporary practice. What is sustainable social work? What are the characteristics of a sustainable community? How is the present exploitation of environmental resources unsustainable for future generations? Follow... MORE
Prefacep. xi
Theoretical Perspectivesp. 3
The Social Psychology of Group Behaviorp. 55
The Small Group as a Social Systemp. 88
Families in Societyp. 121
Culture and Societyp. 165
Community and Community Developmentp. 198
Human Behavior and the Organizational Environment: The Community of Workp. 227
Human Behavior and the Natu... MOREp. 264
Human Behavior and the Religious/Spiritual Environment: The Community of Faithp. 319
Appendix: Relevant Internet Sitesp. 369
Indexp. 371
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Katherine van Wormer, PhD, is Professor of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa and is the author or coauthor of fifteen books in the fields of women and criminal justice, addictions treatment, social welfare in global perspective, and confronting oppression.

Fred H. Besthorn, PhD, is Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa. He has written extensively on the development of a framework for integrating deep ecological awareness with social work policy and strengths-based practice. He is the creator of The Global Alliance for a Deep-Ecological Social Work.

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