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Introduction to macro practice

California State University, Fresno
California State University, Fresno

This document provides an introduction to macro practice in social work. It discusses the historical roots of macro practice in population growth, industrialization, and social ideologies of the 19th century. It also outlines key developments in macro practice such as the settlement house movement, the effects of the Great Depression and New Deal, and contemporary trends in income inequality, organizational changes, and welfare reform. The importance of people-focused, technological, and structural change is also debated.

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8/30/2010 SWrk 180 Chris Cole, MSW Fall, 2010 INTRODUCTION TO MACRO PRACTICE WHAT IS MACRO PRACTICE? Planned Change in Organizations and Communities Draws from/Contributes to New Theory Variety of Practice Models Professional Boundaries Macro Systems HISTORICAL ROOTS Historical Trends Population growth and Immigration Industrialization and Urbanization Institutional Structures Historical Ideologies, Ideas, and Definitions Social Darwinism Liberalism Manifest Destiny Radical Ideology 1
8/30/2010 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WORK Born Into Oppression COS and Settlement House Movement Early Social Work Education SOCIAL REFORM Effects of the Great Depression The New Deal Social Work and Social Change MACRO PRACTICE IN ORGANIZATIONS Organizational context of practice Shifting skills The Bureaucracy 2
8/30/2010 CONTEMPORARY TRENDS Income Inequality Loss of Community Relevance Organizational Changes The Information Age Welfare Reform THE IMPORTANCE OF CHANGE People- People-focused change Technological Technologica change Structural change The debate 3

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Introduction to macro practice

  • 1. 8/30/2010 SWrk 180 Chris Cole, MSW Fall, 2010 INTRODUCTION TO MACRO PRACTICE WHAT IS MACRO PRACTICE? Planned Change in Organizations and Communities Draws from/Contributes to New Theory Variety of Practice Models Professional Boundaries Macro Systems HISTORICAL ROOTS Historical Trends Population growth and Immigration Industrialization and Urbanization Institutional Structures Historical Ideologies, Ideas, and Definitions Social Darwinism Liberalism Manifest Destiny Radical Ideology 1
  • 2. 8/30/2010 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WORK Born Into Oppression COS and Settlement House Movement Early Social Work Education SOCIAL REFORM Effects of the Great Depression The New Deal Social Work and Social Change MACRO PRACTICE IN ORGANIZATIONS Organizational context of practice Shifting skills The Bureaucracy 2
  • 3. 8/30/2010 CONTEMPORARY TRENDS Income Inequality Loss of Community Relevance Organizational Changes The Information Age Welfare Reform THE IMPORTANCE OF CHANGE People- People-focused change Technological Technologica change Structural change The debate 3