Children and Families in the Social Environment: Modern Applications of Social Work / Edition 2

by James Garbarino

Overview

The first edition of this volume successfully applied Bronfenbrenner's "micro-systems" taxonomy to childrearing and family life. Emphasizing how forces in the environment influence children's behavior, Garbarino has staked out an intermediate position between the psychoanalytic and the systems approach to human development. Taking cognizance of new research and of changes in American society, Garbarino has once again carefully analyzed the importance of children's social relationships. For this wholly revised second edition, he has incorporated a greater emphasis on ethnic, cultural, and racial issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780202360799
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	12/31/1992
Series:	Modern Applications of Social Work Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1: An Introduction; 2: The Ecology of Human Development; 3: Sociocultural Risk and Opportunity; 4: The Family as a Social System; 5: The Developing Child in a Changing Environment; 6: The Ecology of Childbearing and Child Rearing; 7: Cultural Diversity and Identity Formation; 8: The Territory of Childhood; 9: Developmental Issues in the Human Services; 10: Social Policy, Children, and Their Families; 11: In Conclusion: The Issue Is Human Quality; Afterword: What Does It Mean To Be Human?

Editorial Reviews

"[T]he book is an extraordinary resource for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners concerned with identifying and developing ways of working with communities to enhance understanding of and service to the diverse children and families of the United States." —Contemporary Psychology

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