Social Work with Groups : Social Justice Through Personal, Community, and Societal Change

ISBN-13: 9780789018151 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 246 str.

Nancy E. Sullivan; Ellen Sue Mesbur; Norma C. Lang

Opis

Real life examples of innovative forms of social work with groups will give social workers and students new ideas and insight on using group work to empower group members to change their communities. Material originated at the October 2000 22nd International Symposium of the Association for the Adva

Spis treści

• About the Editors
• Contributors
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Section I: Social Justice and Social Work with Groups
• Chapter 1. Social Justice: A Global Perspective
• Chapter 2. Social Justice and Social Work with Groups: Fragile—Handle with Care
• Introduction: An Image of Fragility
• Fragility and Injustice
• Group Practice As Social Justice Practice
• Conclusion: An Image of Practice
• Chapter 3. The Meaning, Scope, and Context of the Concept of Social Justice in Social Work with Groups
• Distributive Justice
• Procedural Justice
• Retributive Justice
• Conclusion
• Chapter 4. Current Innovations in Social Work with Groups to Address Issues of Social Justice
• Examples of Innovative Practice
• Barriers
• Opportunities
• What’s to Be Done?
• Section II: Social Justice in Theory for Social Work with Groups
• Chapter 5. Group Work and Social Justice: Rhetoric or Actions?
• State of the Art
• Historical Context
• The Debate and Arguments
• The Current Social Scene
• Universality of Social Justice
• Toward a Definition of Justice
• Value Premises of Social Justice
• Values in Conflict
• Scapegoating
• Transforming Images
• Conclusion
• Chapter 6. Social Group Work, Social Justice
• The Meanings of Social Justice in Social Work
• The Social Goals Model
• Practice Examples
• Summary
• Chapter 7. Culturally Grounded Approaches to Social Justice Through Social Work with Groups
• Introduction
• Globalization, Social Justice, and Social Work
• A Culturally Grounded Approach
• Group Work
• Chapter 8. Social Work with Groups, Mutual Aid, and Social Justice
• Section III: Social Justice in the Practice of Social Work with Groups
• Chapter 9. Meet Them in The Lab: Using Hip-Hop Music Therapy Groups with Adolescents in Residential Settings
• The Needs of Adolescents in Care
• The Use of Group Members’ Intere

O autorze

N. Sullivan, L. Mitchell, D. Goodman, N.C. Lang, E.S. Mesbur