Summary, Glossary, and Notes appear at the end of each chapter. Table of Figures and Tables. Preface. Acknowledgments. I. OVERVIEW.
1. Introduction. What Is this Book About?
Who Is the Intended Audience?
What Is Social Work?
What Is the Purpose of Social Work?
What Is the Purpose of Social Work Education?
What Do Social Workers Do?
What Do All Social Workers Need to Know?
What Is the Generalist Practice of Social Work?
What
Human Behavior and the Social Environment Content Is Needed to Help Prepare for Generalist Practice?
How Is the Construction of Social Systems Theory Approached in this Book?
How is Social Systems Theory Presented in This Book?
Can Social Systems Theory Be Modeled?
2. A Social Systems Perspective: The Foundations for Social Systems Theory. Social Systems Perspective.
General Systems Theory.
Ecological Theory.
Functional Theory.
Humanism.
3. Social Systems Theory: General Features. Definitions.
Social Systems Theory.
II. THE INDIVIDUAL.
4. The Individual: Theories of Psychology Used by Social Workers. Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Theory.
Behaviorism and Learning Theory.
Cognitive Development Theory.
Moral Development Theory.
5. Psychosocial Theory: A Social Systems Perspective. Focus.
Assumptions.
Concepts.
Infancy.
Post Infancy.
Pre School.
School.
Adolescence.
Early Adulthood.
Middle Adulthood.
Late Adulthood.
III. THE SOCIAL GROUP.
6. The Social Group: An Introduction. Definitions.
Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft.
Natural and Rational Will.
Primary and Secondary Groups.
Collections of People, Categories of People, and the Social Group.
7. The Social Group: Theoretical Support. Field Theory.
Exchange Theory.
Symbolic Interaction Theory.
8. The Family as a System of Roles. Families as Emergent Structures.
Structural Family Therapy.
Family Systems Theory.
Communications/Interactional Theory.
9. The Social Group and Family: Social Systems Theory. The Social Group and Family.
Social Systems Theory: Review of General Features.
Social Systems Theory: The Social Group and Family.
IV. THE FORMAL ORGANIZATION.
10. The Formal Organization: An Introduction. Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft.
Definition.
Organizational Theory and Practice.
Authority.
The Weberian Bureaucracy-The Rationalist Position.
The Human Relations Position.
Organizational Theory and Social Work Education.
11. The Formal Organization: Social Systems Theory. Comparisons with the Rationalist and Human Relations Positions.
The Dialectic.
Social Systems Theory: Emergence.
Social Systems Theory: A Review.
Social Systems Theory: The Functional Requisites.
Social Systems Theory: The Structural Components.
Social Systems Theory: The Developmental Stages of Formal Organizations.
Social Systems Theory: Total Quality Management.
12. The Formal Organization as a Social System. Boundary.
Suprasystem.
Interface.
Input.
Proposed Output.
Conversion Operations.
Output.
Feedback.
V. THE COMMUNITY.
13. The Community: An Introduction. Definitions of Community.
The Ecological Position: Human Ecology.
The Community Power Position.
Community Power: The Elitist Position.
Community Power: The Pluralist Position.
The Conflict Position.
14. The Community: Social Systems Theory. Introduction.
Comparisons with Ecological, Power and Conflict Positions.
Social Systems Theory.
15. The Community Problem of Child Abuse and Neglect: A Practice Application. Child Abuse and Neglect.
Modeling a Child Protective Services System as a Community Subsystem.
Index. 