Issues in American Social Work

Published by Columbia University Press 1959

Issues in American Social Work

Edited by: Alfred J. Kahn

https://doi.org/10.7312/kahn91642

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A collection essays on the trends and problems in social work and social welfare in the United States. Topics include issues relating to social work's function and role, issues relating to the social work knowledge base and the content and manner of application of knowledge from the social and behavioral sciences, issues relating to nonprofessional social work roles, and others.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
FOREWORD Publicly Available Download PDF	V
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
THE CONTRIBUTORS Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
THE FUNCTION OF SOCIAL WORK IN THE MODERN WORLD Alfred J. Kahn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF SOCIAL WORK Alfred Kadushin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
EGO PSYCHOLOGY IN THE EMERGING THEORETICAL BASE OF CASEWORK Isabel L. Stamm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
GROUP WORK AND THE SOCIAL SCENE William Schwartz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
REVERSING THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION Nathan E. Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
THE GENERIC-SPECIFIC CONCEPT IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND PRACTICE Harriett M. Bartlett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
SHAPING AMERICA'S SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY Bertram M. Beck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
THE FUTURE FOR VOLUNTARYISM IN AMERICAN SOCIAL WELFARE Samuel Mencher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF SERVICE Robert D. Vinter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
A SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR HELPING Joseph W. Eaton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270
THE PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY IN SOCIAL WORK Norman A. Polansky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
PROFESSIONALIZATION AND SOCIAL WORK Henry J. Meyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Copyright year: 1959
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 356

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Published: May 6, 2019
ISBN: 9780231884747