ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ Νο1 ( 30-11-2017 )
Political Social Work
Using Power to Create Social Change
Authors:
Lane, Shannon R., Pritzker, Suzanne
© 2018
This social work book is the first of its kind, describing practical steps that social workers can take to shape and influence both policy and politics. It prepares social workers and social work students to impact political action and subsequent policy, with a detailed real-world framework for turning ideas into concrete goals and strategies for effecting change. Tracing the roots of social work in response to systemic social inequality, it clearly relates the tenets of social work to the challenges and opportunities of modern social change. The book identifies the core domains of political social work, including engaging individuals and communities in voting, influencing policy agendas, and seeking and holding elected office. Chapters elaborate on the necessary skills for political social work, featuring discussion, examples, and critical thinking exercises in such vital areas as:- Power, empowerment, and conflict: engaging effectively with power in political settings.
- Getting on the agenda: assessing the political context and developing political strategy.
- Planning the political intervention: advocacy and electoral campaigns.
- Empowering voters
- Persuasive political communication.
- Budgeting and allocating resources.
- Evaluating political social work efforts.
- Making ethical decisions in political social work.
Shannon R. Lane, LMSW, PhD is Associate
Professor at the Adelphi University School of Social Work, where she
teaches policy and research in the BSW, MSW, and PhD programs. Her
research includes efforts to increase the political involvement of
social workers and underserved populations and her advocacy focuses on
issues such as health care access and gender based violence. Her
political social work experience includes eight years with Senate
Democratic Leader Tom Daschle. Shannon earned her BA in Psychology from
George Washington University, MSW from the University of Michigan, and
PhD in Social Work from the University of Connecticut. She is affiliated
with the Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work at the
University of Connecticut, where she contributes to the Annual Campaign
School for Social Workers, an evaluator of the Voter Empowerment
Program, and chairs the Board Committee on Research. She is also a
member of the Council on the Status and Role of Women in Social Work
Education with the Council on Social Work Education, an ally of the
Special Commission to Advance Macro Practice in Social Work, and a
member of the advisory board of the Congressional Research Institute for
Social Work and Policy (CRISP).
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