Book Review: Politics for social workers: A practical guide to effecting change by Stephen Pimpare

Abstract

utilization, assigned to, one chapter at a time. Many of the chapters have specific individuals and locations named in the title, such as, “Berlin’s municipal socialism: a transatlantic muse for Mary Simkhovitch and New York City.” These descriptions are helpful in their specificity but may be unpalatable for readers who are not familiar with any of the components of the title. I would find it easier to follow chapter titles about a topic, such as municipal socialism, with the details of the individuals and locations in the text itself. Especially when describing important intersecting social movements, such as the feminist movement, the text might lose some readers by not mentioning the names of the movements in the title. Another area that this reviewer found somewhat difficult was the chronology of the movements described in the text. Due to the way the text is organized and the overlapping transnational social movements, readers learn about historical events out of chronological order in some parts, which may be difficult for conceptualizing a linear timeline of the history of these movements. Depending on how the readers of The Settlement House Movement Revisited plan to utilize the text, the 90USD price (for hardcover, which is the only paper version available) could be prohibitively expensive, especially as a supplement to existing college course materials.