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Synopsis
Both as services and as sciences, social work and psychology rest on a multi-dimensional theory base that is rich and varied. Here, Christopher Hudson offers a forward thinking, integrative, and authoritative look at the theoretical underpinnings of the human services that will provide readers with a fresh perspective on their professional life and practice.
This is a necessary book for practitioners as well as for other advanced students of human behavior who seeks a greater understanding of the evolution and foundation of their craft.
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About the Author
Christopher G. Hudson (PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago; AM, AB, University of Chicago) is a professor in the MSW program at Salem State College in Salem, MA. He has regularly taught in MSW programs and published extensively in professional journals on human behavior and mental health policy issues, including developments in complex systems and chaos theories. His books include Dimensions of State Mental Health Policy (Praeger, 1991) and An Interdependency Model of Homelessness (Mellon, 1998). Has received numerous awards, including Researcher of the Year (awarded by the Massachusetts Alliance for the Mentally Ill), and a faculty Fulbright fellowship.
Review
One of the principal virtues of this book lies in its intellectual breadth; a breadth that social work students and faculty . . . will find [of] considerable benefit. --David P. Moxley, University of Oklahoma
The text is . . . clear and coherent, especially when dealing with fairly sophisticated concepts . . . It is not only current in its scholarship, but forward thinking . . . It is a terrific resource for teaching. --Patricia O'Brien, Jane Addams College of Social Work
Chris Hudson's book . . . provides a wide, complex panorama of social science theory and knowledge in short, [it] provides the trigger mechanism for actually knowing, selecting, and using the contributions of various disciplines. --Thomas Meenaghan, Silver School of Social Work
The text is . . . clear and coherent, especially when dealing with fairly sophisticated concepts . . . It is not only current in its scholarship, but forward thinking . . . It is a terrific resource for teaching. --Patricia O'Brien, Jane Addams College of Social Work
Chris Hudson's book . . . provides a wide, complex panorama of social science theory and knowledge in short, [it] provides the trigger mechanism for actually knowing, selecting, and using the contributions of various disciplines. --Thomas Meenaghan, Silver School of Social Work
The text is . . . clear and coherent, especially when dealing with fairly sophisticated concepts . . . It is not only current in its scholarship, but forward thinking . . . It is a terrific resource for teaching. --Patricia O'Brien, Jane Addams College of Social Work
Chris Hudson's book . . . provides a wide, complex panorama of social science theory and knowledge in short, [it] provides the trigger mechanism for actually knowing, selecting, and using the contributions of various disciplines. --Thomas Meenaghan, Silver School of Social Work
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- PublisherLyceum Books
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0925065633
- ISBN 13 9780925065636
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages721
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