Macro Practice in Social Work for the 21st Century
ISBN: 9781412972994 | 141297299X
Format: PaperbackPublisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Pub. Date: 6/2/2010
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Inspires students by tracing the careers of macro practitioners from grass roots organizers to agency executives'This book provides a holistic vision for macro practice in the early 21st century. It argues very convincingly that effective macro practice requires a strategic vision, grounded in values, that integrates personal and community transformation. Burghardt provides a compass, as well as other tools, that macro practitioners can use to make significant social change. It promises to be a very useful resource for community and organizati... MORE
| Introductioin | |
| Case Study: Oh, What a Night: Two Macro Practitioners Reunite in Grand Park, Chicago, Illinois | |
| Macro Practitioners Undertake community Assessments: Improving Community Engagement Through Tactical Self-Awareness | |
| Chuzpah Meets Humility the Struggle to Build Trust in Community Interventions: The Unconscious in Organizing | |
| Framing the Issues Within the Community: the Social Construction of Practice on the Road Towards ... MORE | |
| From "Leadership Development" to Critical Reflection-in-Action | |
| "Why Can't We All Just Get Along?" Building Effective Coalitions While Resolving the Not-So-Hidden Realities of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Class | |
| From Checkers to Chess: Developing a Grass Roots Organizer Into a Community Strategist | |
| Crossing the Great Divide: From Grass Roots Organizer to Front-Line Supervisor | |
| Too Much Information, So Little Time: Senior Human Service Executives' Strategic Search of Social Justice | |
| Think Local, Act Global: A Case Example of 21st. Century Macro Practice Through the Power of Social Networking | |
| Summing Up, Moving Forward: Key Lessons and New Directions for 21st Century Macro Practice | |
| About the Author | |
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Steve Burghardt, MSW, PhD, is a Professor of Social Work in the Hunter College School of Social Work at the City University of New York (CUNY) and partner in the Leadership Transformation Group, LLC. He is the author of numerous works on organizational change and strategic development and is an award-winning teacher of community organization. He has worked with thousands of human service and educational staff on new models of leadership, personal well-being, spirituality, collaboration in times of crisis, and how to sustain conversations on race and oppression for lasting change at work and in one's life. Please visit his website at www.askltg.com.
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