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448 pp.
6.125" x 9.25"

ISBN-13:
9780199893010

Copyright Year:
2016

Imprint: OUP US

Social Work and Social Justice

Concepts, Challenges, and Strategies

Michael Reisch and Charles D. Garvin

Social Work and Social Justice emphasizes the importance of social justice work, vividly illustrates the complexity of this work, and discusses how social workers can negotiate the practical and ethical challenges involved. Unlike many books on the subject, it integrates a diverse array of approaches to social justice, thereby promoting critical thinking and underscoring the value of utilizing various perspectives in one's practice.

Distinguishing features of this book include: emphasis on the complementary nature of socially just goals and processes; well-developed case examples; multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, and international perspectives; a clear exposition of principles and skills of socially just practice; and the use of diverse cultural materials from different media to illustrate the concepts presented.

This text is largely based on the authors' extensive teaching and practice experience in a wide variety of fields - both in the U.S. and internationally - and on their research on such varied topics as welfare reform, mental health, social work practice theory, social work values and ethics, and the history and philosophy of social welfare and social work. Social Work and Social Justice is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students/faculty, as well as social work/human services practictioners.

Readership : Students and faculty in undergraduate (BSW) and graduate (MSW) social work programs. The book may also be of interest to practitioners in social work and the human services, and students and faculty in public health, sociology, political and social theory, nursing, and public policy. The book is especially suitable for PhD courses that focus on social work knowledge and philosophy. The book can be used in departments of community/applied psychology, applied anthropology or sociology, counseling, or public health, and in schools of public policy, nursing, or education.

Part I
1. Introduction: Background, Themes, and Goals
2. Alternative Concepts of Social Justice
3. Social Justice and the Social Work Profession
4. Theories and Concepts Underlying Socially Just Practice
Part II
5. Charles D. Garvin and Edith Lewis: Social Justice and Individual and Family Change
6. Charles D. Garvin and Robert M. Ortega: Socially Just Group Work Practice
7. Socially Just Organizational Practice
8. Working with Communities to Promote Social Justice
9. Creating and Implementing Socially Just Policies
10. Socially Just Research and Evaluation
Glossary
References
Index

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Michael Reisch, PhD, MSW, is the Daniel Thursz Distinguished Professor of Social Justice at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. He has published and lectured widely on such topics as poverty and inequality, welfare reform, the history and philosophy of social welfare, and contemporary social policy, and held leadership positions in numerous advocacy, professional, and social change organizations. Charles Garvin, PhD, MSW, was a professor of social work at the University of Michigan from 1965 until he became Professor Emeritus in 2002. He is the author of numerous texts and over 100 articles and book chapters on social work, social work education, group work, social work practice, and research.

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Special Features

Includes a multi-faceted definition of social justice.
Deals with broader dimensions of practice than competing texts.
Focuses on how concepts can be used as guides for socially just practice at the interpersonal, organizational, community, and societal levels.
Includes study questions at end of chapters.
Contains examples and useful figures/tables.