Community Social Work Practice in an Urban Context: The Potential of a Capacity-Enhancement Perspective

by Melvin Delgado

Book Overview

The future of social work rests on how well it can address urban issues, particularly the needs of urban communities of color. Yet too many texts either focus exclusively on the problems these communities face or simply ignore their unique characteristics all together. Community Social Work Practice in an Urban Context aims to teach graduate students in social work how to create positive community environments in marginalized urban-based communities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195125479
• ISBN13: 9780195125474
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"