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PublisherSpringer International Publishing A&G
ISBN-103319685872
ISBN-139783319685878
eBay Product ID (ePID)240472266
Product Key Features
Book TitlePolitical Social Work : Using Power to Create Social Change
Number of PagesXxv, 505 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSocial Work, Political Process / General, Public Policy / General, Sociology / General, Public Policy / Social Policy, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
Publication Year2018
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science
AuthorSuzanne Pritzker, Shannon R. Lane
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight42.2 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"The target audience of this book is mainly social work professionals, practitioners, and students seeking core political knowledge and skills to practically advance their work." (Niva Golan-Nadir, Journal of Social Work, Vol. 48 (4), August 08, 2019)
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal361.3
Table Of ContentConsider Yourself Asked: Introduction to Political Social Work.- Contexts for Political Social Work Practice.- 'Promoting the General Welfare of Society': The Political Activity of Social Workers and Human Service Organizations.- Power, Empowerment, and Conflict: Engaging Effectively with Power in Political Settings.- Getting on the Agenda: Assessing the Political Context and Developing Political Strategy.- Planning the Political Intervention: Advocacy Campaigns.- Planning the Political Intervention: Electoral Campaigns.- Planning the Political Intervention: Voter Engagement.- Persuasive Political Communication.- Volunteer and Staff Management.- Understanding and Raising Resources.- Budgeting and Allocating Resources.- Evaluating Political Social Work Efforts.- Making Ethical Decisions in Political Social Work.- Political Social Work Careers and Leadership: From Jane Addams to You!.
SynopsisThis social work book is the first of its kind, describing practical steps that social workers can take to shape and influence both policy and politics. It prepares social workers and social work students to impact political action and subsequent policy, with a detailed real-world framework for turning ideas into concrete goals and strategies for effecting change. Tracing the roots of social work in response to systemic social inequality, it clearly relates the tenets of social work to the challenges and opportunities of modern social change. The book identifies the core domains of political social work, including engaging individuals and communities in voting, influencing policy agendas, and seeking and holding elected office. Chapters elaborate on the necessary skills for political social work, featuring discussion, examples, and critical thinking exercises in such vital areas as: Power, empowerment, and conflict: engaging effectively with power in political settings. Getting on the agenda: assessing the political context and developing political strategy. Planning the political intervention: advocacy and electoral campaigns. Empowering voters Persuasive political communication. Budgeting and allocating resources. Evaluating political social work efforts. Making ethical decisions in political social work. Political Social Work is a potent reference for social work professionals, practitioners, and students seeking core political knowledge and skills to practically advance their work. For specialists and generalists alike, it solidifies political action as vital for the evolution of the field., Focuses on core skills social workers need to practice in the political sphere Tied to the 2015 Council on Social Work Education Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards Designed for advanced MSW courses that prepare students for macro practice positions Includes interactive activities to help students engage with power and conflict
LC Classification NumberHV40-69.2
