List Books » Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Shifting Paradigms in Essential Knowledge for Social Work Practice
Authors: Joe M. Schriver
ISBN-13: 9780205520978, ISBN-10: 0205520979
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: January 2010
Edition: 5th Edition
Human Behavior and the Social Environment, 5/e, explores, compares, and contrasts both traditional and alternative models in examining human behavior and the social environment.
This text is part of the Connecting Core Competencies Series, designed to guide students in becoming skilled at the Council on Social Work's core competencies. Each chapter reflects and integrates the latest CSWE competency standards (EPAS). End-of-chapter assessment reinforces this integration, and MySocialWorkLab provides activites and supports the mastery of CSWE's core competencies through activities, tests, an extensive library of videos and cases, and much more.
In this iteration, Schriver (U. of Arkansas-Fayetteville) addresses the issue of how social workers may boost their relevance in the rapidly evolving domestic and global social environment. His strategy is to deconstruct the field so as to give the social environment parity with human behavior<-->a decided paradigm shift; integrate theory with policy/practice concerns; and invoke the historical focus of social work on poverty reduction. Includes excerpts from the second (1998) and first (1995) edition prefaces, a series of "illustrative readings," and an Internet search guide. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Preface to Second Edition | ||
Preface to First Edition | ||
Ch. 1 | Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) and Paradigms | 1 |
Ch. 2 | Traditional and Alternative Paradigms | 58 |
Ch. 3 | Paradigm Thinking and Social Work Knowledge for Practice | 112 |
Ch. 4 | Traditional/Dominant Perspectives on Individuals | 158 |
Ch. 5 | Alternative/Possible Perspectives on Individuals | 223 |
Ch. 6 | Perspectives on Familiness | 303 |
Ch. 7 | Perspectives on Groups | 377 |
Ch. 8 | Perspectives on Organizations | 422 |
Ch. 9 | Perspectives on Community (ies) | 472 |
Ch. 10 | Putting It All Together: Toward More Complete Views of Humans and Knowledge about Us | 526 |
Index | 535 |