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| Preface | |
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| Overview | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What Is This Book About? | |
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| Who Is the Intended Audience? | |
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| What Is Social Work? | |
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| What Is the Purpose of Social Work? | |
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| What Do All Social Workers Need to Know? | |
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| What Is the Relationship of Social Systems Theory to Generalist Practice? | |
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| What Is the Role of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work? | |
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| How Is the Construction of Social Systems Theory Approached in This Book? | |
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| How Is Social Systems Theory Presented in This Book? | |
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| Can Social Systems Theory Be Modeled? | |
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| Can the Generalist Practice of Social Work Be Modeled? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Glossary | |
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| A Social Systems Perspective: The Foundations for Social Systems Theory | |
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| The Nature of Theory | |
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| Social Systems Perspective | |
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| General Systems Theory | |
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| Ecological Theory | |
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| Functional Theory | |
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| Symbolic Interactionism and Role Theory | |
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| Summary | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Social Systems Theory: General Features | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Social Systems Theory | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Social Stratification, Spirituality, and Diversity | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Cultural Diversity | |
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| Social Systems Theory | |
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| Dimensions of Stratification | |
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| Conflict and Consensus | |
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| Conflict, Religion, and Diversity | |
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| Ethics and Cultural Diversity | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Individual | |
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| The Individual: Theories of Psychology Used by Social Workers | |
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| Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Theory | |
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| Behaviorism/Learning Theory | |
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| Humanism | |
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| Cognitive Development Theory | |
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| Moral Development Theory | |
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| Symbolic Interaction Theory | |
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| Summary | |
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| Psychosocial Theory: A Social Systems Perspective | |
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| Focus | |
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| Assumptions | |
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| Concepts | |
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| Infancy | |
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| Post Infancy | |
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| Preschool | |
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| School | |
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| Adolescence | |
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| Early Adulthood | |
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| Middle Adulthood | |
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| Late Adulthood | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Social Group | |
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| The Social Group: An Introduction | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft | |
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| Natural and Rational Will | |
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| Primary and Secondary Groups | |
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| Collections of People, Categories of People, and the Social Group | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Social Group: Theoretical Support | |
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| Field Theory | |
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| Exchange Theory | |
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| Symbolic Interaction Theory | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Family as a System of Roles | |
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| Families as Emergent Structures | |
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| Structural Family Theory | |
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| Family Systems Theory | |
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| Communications/Interactive Theory | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Social Group and the Family: Social Systems Theory | |
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| The Social Group and the Family | |
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| Social Systems Theory: Review of General Features | |
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| Social Systems Theory: The Social Group and the Family | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Formal Organization | |
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| The Formal Organization: An Introduction | |
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| Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft | |
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| Definition | |
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| Organizational Theory and Practice | |
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| Authority | |
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| The Weberian Bureaucracy-The Rationalist Position | |
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| The Human Relations Position | |
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| Organizational Theory and Social Work Education | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Formal Organization: Social Systems Theory | |
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| Comparisons with the Rationalist and Human Relations Positions | |
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| The Dialectic | |
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| Social Systems Theory: Emergence | |
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| Social Systems Theory: A Review | |
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| Social Systems Theory: The Functional Requisites | |
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| Social Systems Theory: The Structural Components | |
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| Social Systems Theory: Developmental Stages of Formal Organizations | |
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| Social Systems Theory: Total Quality Management | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Formal Organization as a Social System | |
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| Boundary | |
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| Suprasystem | |
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| Interface | |
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| Input | |
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| Proposed Output | |
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| Conversion Operations | |
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| Output | |
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| Feedback | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Community | |
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| The Community: An Introduction | |
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| Definitions of Community | |
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| The Ecological Position: Human Ecology | |
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| The Community Power Position | |
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| Community Power: The Elitist Position | |
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| Community Power: The Pluralist Position | |
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| The Conflict Position | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Community: Social Systems Theory | |
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| Comparisons with Ecological, Power, and Conflict Positions | |
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| Social Systems Theory | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |