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Structural Social Work in Action
Examples From Practice
Edited by Steven F. Hick, Heather I. Peters, Tammy Corner, Tracy London
September 2009
Print ISBN: 9781551303642
Overview
Using concrete examples, this optimistic book illustrates the ways in which structual social work theory is being successfully implemented in social work practice. By providing examples of what does work in structural social work practice, it offers hope to others that this work is not only possible, but that it is happening, it is effective, and the rest of us can do it too.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Structural Social Work: Theory and Process - Kate M. Murray and Steven F. Hick
Chapter 2: Operationalizing Structural Theory: Guidelines for Practice - Claude Olivier
Chapter 3: Situating Practitioners' Experiences in a Model of Theory-Practice Integration - Heather I. Peters
Part 2: The Practice of Structural Social Work
Chapter 4: The Societal Context of Child Sexual Abuse - Richard Feehan, Maureen Boettcher, and Kathaleen S. Quinn
PRACTICE CONTEXT: Child sexual abuse
Chapter 5: Addressing the Immediate Needs of Service Users as Part of Fundamental Structural Change: Complementary or Contradictory Processes? - Dawn Hemingway, Clarie Johnson, and Brenda Roland
PRACTICE CONTEXT: Sexual assualt centre
Chapter 6: Community Development and Administration in the Structural Tradition: Mezzo and Macro Levels of Practice - Anne Burrill and Heahter I. Peters
PRACTICE CONTEXT: Administrative and community development practice at a women's centre and a youth centre
Chapter 7: Injustice Can Happen Whether You're Psychotic or Not: Incorporating Structural Social Work Theory in a Mental Health Setting - Karen Schwartz and Ann-Marie O'Brien
PRACTICE CONTEXT: Mental health
Chapter 8: "We Have a Voice": Helping Immigrant Women Challenge Abuse - Ben Carniol and Vivian Del Valle
PRACTICE CONTEXT: New immigrants
Chapter 9: Structural Social Work from a (dis)Ability Perspective - Judy E. MacDonald and Gaila Friars
PRACTICE CONTEXT: Disability
Chapter 10: The Promise and Relevance of Structural Social Work and Practice with Queer People and Communities - Marion Brown, Brenda K. Richard, and Leighann Wichman
PRACTICE CONTEXT: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, intersex, and queer issues
Chapter 11: Envisioning Structural Social Work Practice: The Case of the Grassroots Youth Collaborative - Kristie Wright, Shahina Sayani, Andrea Zammit, and Purnima George
PRACTICE CONTEXT: Youth work in the context of a collaborative agency apporach
Chapter 12: The Association of Black Social Workers (ABSW): A Model of Empowerment Practice - Wanda Thomas Bernard and Veronica Marsman
PRACTICE CONTEXT: Anti-racist social work
Part 3: Future Directions
Chapter 13: Practices and Skills for Building Social and Ecological Resiliency with Individuals and Communities - Mishka Lysack
PRACTICE CONTEXT: Environmental issues
Chapter 14: Concluding Thoughts and Future Directions - Heather I. Peters, Tracy London, Tammy Corner, and Steven F. Hick
Editors and Contributors
