Macro Practice in Social Work for the 21st Century

Steve Burghardt, PhD, is professor of social work at the Hunter College School of Social Work and partner of the Leadership Transformation Group, is a recognized expert on community organizing, democratic leadership, and popular education. He has taught, trained, consulted, and organized with both grass roots community groups and large scale public agencies on new models of practice throughout his career. The author of seven other books and numerous articles, he has won numerous awards for his teaching on community organizing through popular education, political economy of social welfare, and theories of social change.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the Second Edition: Focus, Outline, Learning Objectives, CompetenciesSection One: Pre-EngagementChapter 1.Starting Before the Beginning: Historical Origins, Strategic Assumptions & Professional Development: The Creation of A TextbookChapter 2.Developing Pre-Engagement Skills through An Understanding of Context: “History Moves”Section Two: EngagementChapter 3.Using Engagement Skills to Improve Community Assessments: Joining ‘Micro’ to ‘Macro’ through Tactical Self-AwarenessChapter 4.The Unconscious in Organizing: The Struggle to Build Authentic Relationships in Community InterventionsChapter 5.The Social Construction of Practice: Where ‘Macro’ and ‘Micro’ Meet on the Road Towards Personal and Community TransformationSection Three: Relationship-BuildingChapter 6.“Embody the Change You Seek:” Leadership Development through Relationship-BuildingChapter 7.Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?: Building Effective Coalitions While Resolving The Not-So-Hidden Realities of Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality and Age In Everyday PracticeSection Four: InterventionsChapter 8.From Checkers to Chess: The Strategic Development of A Community PractitionerChapter 9.Think Local, Act Global: A Case Example of 21st Century Macro Practice through the Power of Social NetworkingChapter 10: Expanding the Practitioner Toolkit: Social Workers Inside the Political ArenaChapter 11: The Re-emergence of Environmental Activism Within Social Work by Kristin Lebeaveau & Meredith LedlieSection Five: EvaluationChapter 12.Crossing the Great Divide: A Grass Roots Organizer Evaluates How to be a Socially Committed Supervisor…and BeyondChapter 13.So Much Information, So Little Time: Human Service Executives’ Strategic, Evidence-Based Search for Social JusticeConclusionChapter 14.Summing Up, Moving Forward: Key lessons and New Directions for 21st Century Practice Towards Personal & Social TransformationIndexAbout the Author