Test Bank for Human Behavior in the Macro Social Environment, 3rd Edition

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Test Bank for Human Behavior in the Macro Social Environment, 3rd Edition

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  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0840032439
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0840032430
  • Author: Karen Kirst-Ashman

Best-selling author Karen Kirst-Ashman introduces you to the ins and outs of human behavior in macro settings in “Human Behavior in the Macro Social Environment: An Empowerment Approach to Understanding Communities, Organizations, and Groups, International Edition”. The text challenges you to think critically about how macro systems affect human behavior and ultimately, the practice of social work. Kirst-Ashman focuses on empowerment, highlighting the ways that communities, organizations, and groups promote positive change by building upon their strengths – taking you straight to the heart of what social work is all about.

Table contents:

  1. 1. Theoretical Perspectives
  2. Critical Thinking at the Macro Level
  3. Paradigm Shift
  4. Introduction to Macro Theory
  5. Ecosystems Model
  6. Sustainability
  7. Structural Functionalism
  8. Conflict and Structural Formulations
  9. Social Justice Approaches: Feminist, Empowerment, and Anti-Oppressive Perspectives
  10. Practice Implications
  11. Summary and Conclusion
  12. Thought Questions
  13. 2. The Social Psychology of Group Behavior
  14. Historical Development
  15. Studies of Social Conformity
  16. Obedience Studies
  17. Role Theory
  18. Studies Involving Context
  19. Prejudice
  20. Social Psychology: Scapegoats and Out-Groups
  21. Groupthink
  22. Cults
  23. Progressive Aspects of Collective Behavior
  24. Practice Implications
  25. Summary and Conclusion
  26. Thought Questions
  27. 3. Families in Society
  28. The Family as an Ecosystem
  29. Ethnic Family Patterns
  30. American Indians
  31. African-American Families
  32. Asian-American Families
  33. Gay and Lesbian Families
  34. Transgender Families
  35. Macro Policy Issues
  36. The Impact of Globalization Worldwide
  37. Family Violence from a Human Rights Perspective
  38. The Legacy of the Iraq/Afghanistan Wars
  39. Promising Initiatives
  40. Other Empowering Approaches
  41. Summary and Conclusion
  42. Thought Questions
  43. 4. Culture and Society
  44. Cultural Competency, Cultural Humility
  45. Ethnocentrism
  46. Culture as Macro System
  47. Cultural Values
  48. The Political Manipulation of Cultural Values
  49. Practice Implications
  50. Summary and Conclusion
  51. Thought Questions
  52. 5. Community and Community Development
  53. Theories of Community Breakdown
  54. The Community Is Alive and Well
  55. Self-Help Communities
  56. Power and Empowerment in Community Life
  57. Restorative Justice as Community Justice
  58. Practice Implications
  59. Summary and Conclusion
  60. Thought Questions
  61. 6. Human Behavior and Organizational Environment
  62. What Is an Organization?
  63. Adopting a Critical Perspective
  64. Historical Perspectives: An Overview
  65. Leadership in Organizational Settings
  66. Multiple Theoretical Perspectives on Organizations
  67. Anti-Oppressive Analysis
  68. The Corporation
  69. Classic Views on Alienation
  70. Extending Critical, Material Perspectives: Structuration Theory
  71. Organizations that Empower
  72. Practical Implications
  73. Summary and Conclusion
  74. Thought Questions
  75. 7. Human Behavior and the Natural Environment
  76. Ecological Disaster and Decline: Global Challenges
  77. The Loss of Biodiversity and Modern Agri-Business
  78. War and the Environment
  79. Environmental Justice and Environmental Racism
  80. Consumerism
  81. Global Climate Change
  82. Conventional Ideas of Community and Environment in Social Work
  83. Alternative Perspectives on Person and Environment
  84. An Expanded Ecological Model for Social Work
  85. Summary and Conclusion
  86. Thought Questions
  87. 8. Human Behavior and the Religious/Spiritual Environment
  88. Major Religious/Spiritual Traditions
  89. Definitions
  90. The Oppression of Evangelicals in Social Work?
  91. A Holistic Model
  92. Sustainability and Spirituality
  93. Social Work’s Early Religious/Spiritual Heritage
  94. Social Work’s Contemporary Religious/Spiritual Heritage
  95. Theoretical Perspectives
  96. Summary and Conclusion
  97. Thought Questions
  98. Appendix: Relevant Internet Sites
  99. Index

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