Promoting Community Change: Making It Happen in the Real World (Social Work) [Paperback]

Mark S. Homan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0534142508 | ISBN-13: 978-0534142506 | Publication Date: January 1994

Learn the skills that will allow you to improve the lives of not only individual clients, but of entire communities, with PROMOTING COMMUNITY CHANGE. This text addresses the real world issues facing social work, human services, and community health professionals who want to take the theoretical discussion of community forward and realize tangible community changes. As you progress through the text, you'll learn to identify the issues related to change and discover exactly how you can become an effective agent of change. Author Mark Homan emphasizes the role a strengthened community can play in preventing and solving the problems that individuals and families commonly experience, and gives you the tools to organize empowering local actions brining clients, families, and other community members into an active role in building a healthier community for themselves, their families, and their neighbors.

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"Very good examples that represent diverse populations..."

"This is a solid text. Well written, good attention to diversity and cultural competence, good use of examples, and very readable for undergraduate and graduate students...Changes have vastly improved the book." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Mark S. Homan has been a full-time faculty member in the Social Services department at Pima Community College since 1978, spending several of those years as department chair. He has also served on the faculty of several other Colleges and Universities. He received his M.S.W. from Arizona State University and is a licensed clinical social worker in the state of Arizona. He has served on the editorial boards of academic journals and publications. For over 30 years he has worked with diverse populations in urban, rural, and reservation communities on a broad range of issues. In addition to his roles as organizer, lobbyist, consultant, and teacher, Mark has developed and directed several human services programs. Mark is the recipient of numerous professional and teaching awards including Outstanding Field Faculty Award from Arizona State University Graduate School of Social Work, the President's Award from the National Organization for Human Service Education, the Outstanding Faculty Award from Pima Community College, and the Lenore McNeer Award from the National Organization for Human Service Education. He is author of another book for Brooks/Cole, RULES OF THE GAME: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD OF COMMUNITY CHANGE. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co (January 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534142508
• ISBN-13: 978-0534142506
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #746,750 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read..., December 4, 2001

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This review is from: Promoting Community Change: Making It Happen in the Real World (Social Work) (Paperback)

Mark Homan is my teacher so I'm a little biased. His book is very straight-forward, easy to read, and funny. It is definitely a must-read if you are going into the Social Services field. A lot of what Mark talks about in his books are common sense, but they are things that people don't generally spend a lot of time thinking about. Mark uses his 25+ years of experience to give us a lot of valuable advise.