Human Behavior and the Larger Social Environment, Third Edition: Context for Social Work Practice and Advocacy

by Rita Rhodes and Miriam McNown Johnson

Book Overview

From schools to the military 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 social settings may promote or deter people in maintaining or achieving personal health and well-being. Johnson and Rhodes use seven basic theoretical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190615559
• ISBN13: 9780190615550
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"