Human Services and the Afrocentric ParadigmRoutledge, 13/09/2013 - 334 من الصفحات Discover how human services professionals can help to eliminate cultural oppression!Human Services and the Afrocentric Paradigm presents a new way of understanding human behavior, attacking social problems, and exploring social issues. This excellent guide shows that understanding the simultaneous forces of oppression and spiritual alienation in American society serves as a foundation for understanding the societal problems here. The first book to offer a comprehensive exposition of how the Afrocentric paradigm can be used by human service professionals and community advocates, Human Services and the Afrocentric Paradigm discusses why and how human service work is hampered by Eurocentric cultural values and will help you to offer fair and effective services to your clients. Human Services and the Afrocentric Paradigm provides you with a concrete discription of how the Afrocentric model can be applied in human services to help people of all races and ethnicities. You will expand and diversify your knowledge base in human services by understanding the cultural values, traditions, and experiences of people of African ancestry.Some of the issues and concepts in the Afrocentric paradigm that you will explore are:
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Chapter 1 Introduction
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Chapter 2 The Afrocentric Worldview
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Chapter 3 The Evolution of Black Social Work and Its Pitfalls
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Chapter 4 Oppression and Spiritual Alienation
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Chapter 5 Youth Violence and the Afrocentric Paradigm
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Chapter 6 Substance Abuse and the Afrocentric Paradigm
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Chapter 7 The Afrocentric Paradigm and Social Welfare Philosophy Ideology and Policy
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Chapter 8 The Afrocentric Framework of Social Welfare Policy Analysis
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Chapter 9 The Afrocentric Paradigm and Human Service Organizations
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Chapter 10 Social Work Research and the Afrocentric Paradigm
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Threats to the Survival and Continuation of the Afrocentric Paradigm
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References
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