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Setting the Context for Urban Community Social Work Practice

Melvin Delgado

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Abstract This chapter presents a context for understanding urban-based macro practice. It begins by defining the meaning of urban. It then discusses the urban-political economic context, the importance of belonging to and having a sense of community in urban areas, and the role of “open space”, and how macro practice is urban specific.

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Abstract This chapter presents a context for understanding urban-based macro practice. It begins by defining the meaning of urban. It then discusses the urban-political economic context, the importance of belonging to and having a sense of community in urban areas, and the role of “open space”, and how macro practice is urban specific.

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Abstract This chapter presents a context for understanding urban-based macro practice. It begins by defining the meaning of urban. It then discusses the urban-political economic context, the importance of belonging to and having a sense of community in urban areas, and the role of “open space”, and how macro practice is urban specific.

Key concepts: Meaning (existential), Macro, Context (archaeology), Urban community, Politics, Sociology, Work (physics), Space (punctuation)

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