Social work macro practice

This textbook looks at macro-level social work, meaning practice aimed at organizations and whole communities rather than individual clients. It walks readers through planned change, from how such efforts are designed to how they are carried out in practice.

The current edition has been substantially reworked to be clearer and easier to use for students and instructors. Its content is written to align with a range of present-day policy materials, so readers can connect the methods to the public policy context they will work in.

A central point is that planned change never happens in a vacuum. The authors stress that these approaches operate within a political setting that keeps shifting, and that practitioners need to account for it.