Human Behavior in the Social Environment: A Social Systems Approach - Softcover

Lowe, Gary R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0202361160 ISBN 13: 9780202361161

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

Since publication of the first edition of Human Behavior in the Social Environment in 1974, over 120,000 students have successfully used this classic text, which takes a social systems approach to human behavior--an approach that perceives connections between fields of practice, between methods, and across professional disciplines and bodies of theory. Completely revised and updated, this fifth edition reflects awareness of the role of varied cultural and ethnic features within the social environment, and recognizes the importance of the lengthened lifecycle.

This text responds to our understanding of human behavior and to the needs of students and instructors as these have developed since the publication of the previous edition. Three new themes in particular are explored in depth: self-development, caring, and postmodernism. Clearly illustrated throughout, Human Behavior in the Social Environment contains abundant examples from practice and from behavioral patterns drawn from the social sciences, topical events, literature, and the authors' professional and personal experience.

About this title

About the Author:

Gary R. Lowe is professor and dean, School of Social Work and Criminal Justice Studies, East Carolina University.

Irl Carter is associate professor emeritus at the School of Social Work, University of Minnesota and served as acting director of the Center for Youth Development in Minneapolis, St. Paul.

Ralph E. Anderson was professor emeritus of the School of Social Work at the University of Iowa.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0202361160
• ISBN 13: 9780202361161
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 308