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The Societal Context of Communities | |
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The Global Community | |
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Defining Society | |
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Cultural Perspectives on Society | |
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Culture as Values | |
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Social Processes and American Identity | |
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The Future of American Culture | |
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Mass Culture and Mass Society | |
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Civil Society | |
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Social Order and Social Control in American Society | |
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Maintenance of Social Order | |
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Social and Economic Justice in Society | |
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Social Movements and Social Justice | |
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American Society as a Social System | |
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American Society as an Ecological System | |
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Chapter 1 Review | |
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American Society as a Welfare State | |
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Sectors of the Welfare State | |
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Governmental Welfare Sector | |
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Health Care System | |
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Private and Corporate Welfare Sectors | |
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Social Development and the Welfare State | |
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Theories of the Welfare State | |
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The Future Welfare State | |
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Welfare Reform and Social Justice | |
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Welfare Capitalism | |
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Chapter 2 Review | |
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Defining Communities | |
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Locality-Based Communities | |
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Planned Communities | |
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Communities of Identification and Interest | |
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Multiple Identities and Community Affiliations | |
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Examples of Identificational Communities | |
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Chapter 3 Review | |
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Community Competence and Systems Perspectives | |
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Barriers to Community Competence | |
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Systems Perspectives: An Overview | |
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Community as a Social System | |
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Application of a Social Systems Perspective | |
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Community as an "Ecology of Games" | |
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Chapter 4 Review | |
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Demographic Development of Communities | |
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Population Size | |
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Density in Communities | |
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Diversity in Communities | |
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Phases of Urbanization | |
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Edge Cities | |
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Urban Sprawl | |
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Rural Areas and Urbanization | |
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Human Capital and Rural Communities | |
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Demographic Changes in the Inner City | |
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Changes in Residential Segregation in Metropolitan Areas | |
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Gentrification | |
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Chapter 5 Review | |
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Stratification by Social Class | |
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The Meaning of Social Class | |
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Occupation, Income, and Education | |
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Lifestyle | |
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Social Classes as Communities of Identification | |
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The Underclass | |
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Social Mobility | |
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Social Class and Ethnic Minority Groups | |
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Chapter 6 Review | |
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Neighborhood Communities | |
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Neighborhood Boundaries and Social Mapping | |
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Neighborhood Appearance | |
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Neighborhood as Primary Group | |
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Neighborhood Functions | |
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Neighborhood Types | |
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Social Identity, Social Interaction, and Linkages | |
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Organizational and Value Dimensions | |
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Population and Organizational Factors | |
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Economic Level, Mobility, Segregation | |
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Neighborhoods as Enclaves | |
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Slum and Ghetto Neighborhoods | |
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Chapter 7 Review | |
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Social Class and Ethnic/Cultural Neighborhoods | |
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Social Class Neighborhoods | |
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Diversity in Social Class Neighborhoods | |
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Change in Social Status of Neighborhoods | |
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Ethnic Neighborhoods | |
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Spatial and Sociopsychological Communities | |
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Segregation in Neighborhoods | |
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White Flight | |
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Succession | |
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Creation and Maintenance of Residential Integration | |
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Examples of Diverse Neighborhoods | |
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Establishing Integration Objectives | |
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Settlement of New Immigrants | |
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Gay Community Neighborhoods | |
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Chapter 8 Review | |
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Community Social Welfare and Health Care Systems | |
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Service Sectors | |
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Human Service Organizations | |
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Self-Help and Support Organizations | |
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Private Practice of Social Work | |
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Community Organization--Environment Relationship | |
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Fields of Service | |
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Trends in Community Social Services and Health Care Systems | |
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Ethnicity and the Social Services System | |
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Health Care | |
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Trends in the Health Care System | |
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Chapter 9 Review | |
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The Community Educational System | |
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The Role of State and Federal Governments | |
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Structure of Public Education at the Community Level | |
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Health and Related Services | |
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Sex Education | |
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Sexual Harassment | |
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School Violence | |
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School-Community Relations | |
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Relationships to the Economic System | |
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Parent Involvement Approaches | |
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Desegregation of Schools | |
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Church-State Issues | |
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Financing of Public Education | |
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Schools as Communities | |
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Home Schooling | |
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School Reform | |
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School Choice Programs | |
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Multiculturalism as Curriculum Reform | |
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Social Work in the Schools | |
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Chapter 10 Review | |
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Community Economic System | |
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Economic System as a Set of Workplaces | |
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Equal Employment Opportunities | |
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Diversity in the Workplace | |
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Sexual Orientation and Workplace Discrimination | |
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Career Tracks | |
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Americans with Disabilities Act | |
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Ergonomics and the Workplace | |
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Sexual Harassment in the Workplace | |
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Family Support Programs | |
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Problems in Community Economic Systems | |
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Enterprise Zones/Empowerment Zones | |
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The Role of Banks in the Revitalization of Neighborhoods | |
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Welfare as a Part of the Economic System | |
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The Economy of the Ghetto | |
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The Working Poor and Minimum Wages | |
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Community Context for Welfare, Ghetto, and Working Poor | |
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Effects of Economic Conditions on the Middle Class | |
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Immigration and the Economy | |
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Chapter 11 Review | |
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Community Political System | |
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The Structure of a Community Political System | |
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Citizen Participation in Local Government | |
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Creation of Political Districts | |
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Community Power Perspectives | |
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Community Power from an Organizational Perspective | |
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Examples of Community Empowerment | |
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Criminal and Juvenile Justice System | |
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Community Government Responses to Crime | |
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Security in Schools | |
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Gun Control | |
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Native Americans and Violent Crime | |
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Chapter 12 Review | |
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Community Conflict | |
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The Process of Community Conflict | |
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Positive Functions of Community Conflict | |
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Community Conflicts and the Community System | |
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Community-Based Treatment Centers | |
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Urban Redevelopment | |
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Keeping Out the Homeless | |
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Controversies Over Adult Entertainment | |
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Conflict Over Art and Graffiti | |
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Conflicts Over Marches/Rallies | |
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Controversies Over Barricades | |
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Community Associations and Residents | |
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Local Governments and Religion-Based Communities | |
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Local Governments and Immigrants | |
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Chapter 13 Review | |
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Social Integration in Communities | |
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Social Networks | |
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Voluntary Associations and Social Integration | |
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Religion and Community Integration | |
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Mass Society, Residence, and Social Integration | |
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Obvious and Less Obvious Sources of Integration | |
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Business and Entertainment Neighborhoods | |
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Sports Teams and Community Attachment | |
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Reintegration into Communities | |
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Social Integration and the Unemployed | |
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Social Integration Among the Homeless | |
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Social Integration of New Immigrants | |
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Chapter 14 Review | |
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Communities and Social Work Practice | |
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The Societal Context of Communities | |
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American Society as a Welfare State | |
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Defining Communities and Community Competence | |
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Systems Perspectives for Understanding Communities | |
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Demographic Development of Communities | |
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Stratification by Social Class | |
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Neighborhood Communities | |
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Social Class and Ethnic/Cultural Communities | |
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Community Social Welfare and Health Care Systems | |
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Community Educational System | |
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The Community Economic System | |
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The Community Political System | |
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Community Conflict and Community Integration | |
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References | |
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Index | |