Exam 9: Communities in the Macro Social Environment: Theories and Concepts

The _____ perspective is based on the assumption that groups in society are engaged in a continuous power struggle for control of scarce resources.

To which geographical and nongeographical communities do you belong? Describe each.

Which of the following is NOT an approach to viewing a community's structure according to structural theories?

The National Association of Social Workers is a nongeographical community.

Compare and contrast social work practice in rural settings to urban settings.

_____ is the ability of any size system to recover from adversity and resume functioning even when suffering serious trouble, confusion, or hardship.

List and briefly explain three of conceptual frameworks on communities explained in the text.

Which of the following statements accurately social work in rural areas?

Practitioners serving people in the rural environment must be true generalists.

Cite an example of an institutional community.

Which theories and concepts on communities do you think have the most relevance to social work practice in communities? Explain your reasons.

Out of the perspective of conflict theory comes the troubling idea that capitalism encourages corporate violence.

Explain the major arenas in which urban social workers must focus their skills.

Urban centers tend to be more specialized in function than rural communities.

In what ways are social systems, human ecology, social-psychological, and structural theories similar? In what ways do they differ?