{"product_id":"9781118672983","title":"Rural Social Work: Building and Sustaining Community Capacity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thoughtful text integrating strengths, assets, and capacity-building themes with contemporary issues in rural social work practice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow in its second edition, \u003ci\u003eRural Social Work\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of contributed readings from social work scholars, students, and practitioners presenting a framework for resource building based on the strengths, assets, and capacities of people, a tool essential for working with rural communities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis guide considers methods for social workers to participate in the work of sustaining rural communities. Each chapter features a reading integrating the themes of capacity-building and rural social work; discussion questions that facilitate critical thinking around the chapter; and suggested activities and assignments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRural Social Work, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e explores:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eImportant practice issues in rural communities, including the challenges of working with stigmatized populations such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people, the homeless, and people living with HIV\/AIDS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePractice models that hold special promise for rural social workers, including evidence-based practice and community partnership models\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNewer research tools such as asset mapping, social network analysis, concept mapping, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring how social workers can integrate the tremendous resources that exist in rural communities into their practice, \u003ci\u003eRural Social Work, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e provides a solid introduction to the complex, challenging, and rewarding work of building and sustaining rural communities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121648091376,"sku":"9781118672983","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781118672983_p0.jpg?v=1763694936","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781118672983","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}