ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses resilience-enhancing stress model (RESM) theory and practice for social work practice with groups, organizations, and social movements. The characteristics and functions of systems at various levels are defined, and ways in which social workers can mobilize these interlocking social systems to contribute to people’s resilience are described. This discussion provides a picture of social workers’ possible scope of work from micro- to macro-practice, enacting the axiom “the person is political.”
