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Theoretical Perspectives on the Social Environment to Guide Management and Community Practice
Titel:
Theoretical Perspectives on the Social Environment to Guide Management and Community Practice
Auteur:
Mulroy, Elizabeth A.
Verschenen in:
Administration in social work
Paginering:
Jaargang 28 (2004) nr. 1 pagina's 77-96
Jaar:
2004-04-21
Inhoud:
This paper introduces a conceptual framework called Or-ganization-in-Environment that is intended to help social work students, particularly those preparing for careers in management and community practice, understand the complexity of the social environment in the context of a global economy. This model is based on two assumptions. First, organizations and communities are embedded in large, complex macro systems that helped to create institutional barriers of the past. Second, organizations are civic actors with the potential to strengthen communities and change institutional inequities set in larger societal systems. Theories of social justice, the political economy, vertical and horizontal linkages, organization/environment dimensions, and interorganizational collaboration are presented and used to help analyze the model. Case examples of privatization, gentrification, and homelessness are used to illustrate theory for practice. Finally, implications are drawn for a future-oriented practice that emphasizes external relations and their political dimensions: strategic management, interorganizational collaboration, community building, regional action, and a commitment to social justice.
Uitgever:
Routledge
Bronbestand:
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
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