Human Behavior and the Larger Social Environment: Context for Social Work Practice and Advocacy - Softcover

McNown Johnson, Miriam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0197575544 ISBN 13: 9780197575543

Publisher: OUP USA, 2022

Synopsis

From schools to the workplace and from class structure to cultural diversity--all individuals function within complex social systems that shape them and are, in turn, shaped by them. This text introduces students to these broader social contexts within which human behavior occurs and how a community's physical and social settings may promote or deter people in maintaining or achieving personal health and well-being. Johnson uses seven basic theoretical perspectives as the frameworks to explore how clients are impacted by social institutions and social structures.

Keeping up to date with emerging societal trends and changing environmental contexts is important and Human Behavior and the Larger Social Environment provides readers with the tools necessary to use their knowledge to provide appropriate interventions at all levels of practice, as well as promote social and economic justice. This book offers complex concepts in a simple format, allowing students to analyze the relationship between individuals and various systems, and better retain and apply their knowledge as they prepare to engage with clients and client systems.

About this title

About the Author

Miriam McNown Johnson (MS in Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin Madison; MSW, PhD, University of Alabama), is Professor Emerita for Academic and Student Affairs at the College of Social Work, University of South Carolina.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197575544
• ISBN 13: 9780197575543
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 528