Macro Social Work Practice: Advocacy in Action

Welcome to the SAGE edge site for Macro Social Work Practice.

The SAGE edge site for Macro Social Work Practice by Carolyn J. Tice, Dennis D. Long, and Lisa E. Cox offers a robust online environment you can access anytime, anywhere, and features an impressive array of free tools and resources to keep you on the cutting edge of your learning experience.

Macro Social Work Practice

Macro Social Work Practice: Advocacy in Action shows students studying in macro social work practice how to enact change at the organizational, community, societal, and global levels. An emphasis is placed on engaging in macro practice using the tenets of the award-winning author team’s Advocacy Policy and Practice Model (APPM) that highlight the inclusion of economic and social justice, supportive environment, human needs and rights, and political access. Beginning with a history of macro practice and continuing with contemporary issues facing social workers, this new text helps readers learn how to enact advocacy, informed by key orientations and perspectives and grounded in timely and relevant examples and causes.

Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge Carolyn J. Tice, Dennis D. Long, and Lisa E. Cox for writing an excellent text. Special thanks are also due to MacroSW and Sheila Dennis of Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis for developing the ancillaries on this site.