Practicing Rural Social Work

by Paul Force-Emery MacKie, Kimberly Zammitt, Michelle Alvarez

How do we define rural social work? How is rural social work practice different from practice in urban settings? Why is rural social work practice sometimes seen as complex and difficult to understand?

Within the conversation surrounding rural social work, there is a consistent focus on theoretical arguments, definitions, and political concerns, and a limited discussion of direct practice. This book speaks directly to practice concerns as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190616326
• ISBN13: 9780190616328
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"