Table Of Contents:

• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• ABOUT THE AUTHORS
• CHAPTER 1. A Historical Perspective of Macro Practice and Advocacy
• WHAT IS MACRO PRACTICE?
• WHAT DOES MACRO SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE MEAN?
• THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF MACRO PRACTICE
• THE UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MACRO PRACTICE
• THE SOCIAL WORK VALUES OF MACRO PRACTICE
• ADVOCACY AND EMPOWERMENT
• CHAPTER 2. Contemporary Macro Practice Perspectives
• PLANNED CHANGE PROCESS AND CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES AND ORIENTATIONS
• THE PROBLEM-CENTERED APPROACH
• THE STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE
• ECOLOGICAL THEORY
• EMPOWERMENT
• SYSTEMS THEORY
• PERSON-IN-ENVIRONMENT
• ADVOCACY MODEL
• A COMMUNITY-BASED PRACTICE ORIENTATION
• INTEGRATING PERSPECTIVES AND ORIENTATIONS WITH MACRO PRACTICE
• ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
• CHAPTER 3. Engage Diversity and Difference
• DEFINING DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCE
• THE ROLE OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND CULTURAL HUMILITY IN MACRO PRACTICE
• WHAT IS INTERSECTIONALITY IN MACRO PRACTICE?
• IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT BIASES
• INCLUSION
• ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
• CHAPTER 4. An Advocacy Model for Dynamic Practice
• WHAT IS ADVOCACY?
• ADVOCACY AND ETHICS
• ADVOCACY AND MACRO PRACTICE
• THE ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND POLICY MODEL (APPM)
• THEORETICAL FOUNDATION OF THE ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND POLICY MODEL
• HOW THE APPM APPLIES TO MACRO PRACTICE
• CHAPTER 5. Understanding and Enriching Organizational Life
• THE RELEVANCE OF ORGANIZATIONS IN SOCIAL WORK
• THE CONCEPT OF ORGANIZATION
• TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS
• UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONS USING THEORIES AND PERSPECTIVES
• HOW ORGANIZATIONS FUNCTION
• HUMAN DIVERSITY AND HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
• ORGANIZATION AS A SYSTEM
• ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPERS
• EMPOWERMENT
• ETHICAL ISSUES THAT OCCUR WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS
• CHAPTER 6. Exploring the Concept of Communities and Community Practice
• HOW ARE COMMUNITIES DEFINED?
• FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNITIES
• SOCIAL WORK AND COMMUNITY PRACTICE
• OVERVIEW AND HISTORY OF COMMUNITY PRACTICE AND ORGANIZING
• USEFUL THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN COMMUNITY PRACTICE STRATEGIES
• APPLYING THE ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND POLICY MODEL TO COMMUNITY PRACTICE
• PRINCIPLES ON USING A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE
• USING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THEORY TO IMPROVE PRACTICE
• CONSIDER ETHICAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNITY PRACTICE
• CHAPTER 7. Social Planning
• WHAT IS SOCIAL PLANNING?
• CONSUMER PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL PLANNING
• WAYS OF APPROACHING SOCIAL PLANNING
• ADVOCACY MODEL
• PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN MACRO SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
• STRATEGIC PLANNING FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT
• SOCIAL PLANNING PROCESS
• THE NIMBY PHENOMENON
• RESOURCE CONSIDERATIONS IN SOCIAL PLANNING
• SOCIAL PLANNING AS A COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS
• PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• CHAPTER 8. Administration and Leadership: Building on Advocacy and Strengths
• WHAT IS ADMINISTRATION?
• ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES
• ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS
• SOCIAL WORK ADMINISTRATION FROM A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE
• THE ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND POLICY MODEL AND SOCIAL WORK ADMINISTRATION
• ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
• CHAPTER 9. Policy Practice, Political Persuasion, and Advocacy
• POLICY PRACTICE, POLITICAL PERSUASION, AND ADVOCACY
• DEFINING SOCIAL POLICY
• THE PROBLEM-CENTERED APPROACH
• THE POLICY PROCESS FROM A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE
• THE ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND POLICY MODEL AND POLICY PRACTICE
• KNOWING THE POLITICAL PROCESS
• THINKING AND ACTING POLITICALLY
• INFLUENCING THE POLITICAL PROCESS
• PROFESSIONAL SKILLS IN POLICY PRACTICE
• ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
• CHAPTER 10. Using Technology in Social Work Practice
• ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA
• THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY BY SOCIAL WORKERS
• ADVOCACY SUITES
• THE ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND POLICY MODEL AND TECHNOLOGY
• ETHICAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH TECHNOLOGY
• FUTURE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
• CHAPTER 11. Informing Macro Practice With Research
• WHAT IS EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH MACRO PRACTICE?
• QUANTITATIVE VS. QUALITATIVE ANALYSES
• ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN RESEARCH STRATEGIES
• INFUSING RESEARCH FINDINGS INTO MACRO PRACTICE
• DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS
• CHAPTER 12. Evaluating Macro Change
• WHAT IS EVALUATION?
• FUNDING SOURCES AND RESEARCH
• PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH AND POLICY AND PRACTICE
• ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
• CHAPTER 13. Advocacy for Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
• VALUES BASE OF SOCIAL WORK
• POLITICAL ACTIVISM
• POLITICAL LEANINGS
• HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
• APPLY THE ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND POLICY MODEL (APPM)
• ADVOCACY STRATEGIES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
• CHAPTER 14. Assessing Your Macro Practice Skills
• MACRO PRACTICE AS A LIFELONG CALLING
• ENGAGING IN SELF-ASSESSMENT
• RECOGNIZING STRENGTHS IN MACRO PRACTICE ROLES
• ADVOCACY STARTS WITH SELF
• THE VALUE OF NETWORKING, PARTNERSHIPS, AND COLLABORATIONS
• STAY CURRENT THROUGH READING
• APPENDIX
• GLOSSARY
• REFERENCES
• INDEX