The Welfare State Crisis And The Transformation Of Social Service Work
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| Author | : Michael Fabricant |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 2016-09-16 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1315289156 |
This book has emerged in response to social service workers' vivid descriptions of changes in the practice of their craft during the past 15 years and to the scanty literature that addressed their concerns. Few works have attempted to explore the interplay between the recent broader changes affecting the welfare state (fiscal crisis, cost containment, privatization, etc) and the restructuring of social service work. Yet, it is clear that the fiscal decisions of the 1980s profoundly affected both the context and content of social service practice. "The Welfare State Crisis and the Transformation of Social Service Work" explores how these larger forces have created significant changes for the line practitioner. The greater push for caseload volume in the face of resource scarcity is redefining service encounters in ways that are more likely to meet the fiscal needs of the agency rather than the service needs of clients and the professional concerns of the worker. In short, the fiscal crisis of the past two decades has placed the enterprise of social services at risk. After empirically documenting the seriousness of the risk, "The Welfare State Crisis and the Transformation of Social Service Work" concludes with an exploration of new social service practice strategies that have the potential to integrate the individual, organization, communal, and social changes necessary for effective service interventions.
| Author | : Jan Fook |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2016-01-08 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1136849408 |
Transforming Social Work Practice shows that postmodern theory offers new strategies for social workers concerned with political action and social justice. It explores ways of developing practice frameworks, paradigms and principles which take advantage of the perspectives offered by postmodern theory without totally abandoning the values of modernity and the Enlightenment project of human emancipation. Case studies demonstrate how these perspectives can be applied to practice.
| Author | : Michael Fabricant |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Aide sociale - États-Unis |
| ISBN | : 9780873326438 |
The authors explore the interplay between the implementation of cost- containment policies and the changing structure and content of social service practice, within the larger dynamics of the political economy. They explore the work patterns and practices of professional social workers currently employed in child welfare, health, and employment agencies. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
| Author | : Joel Blau |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 530 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0195385268 |
This third edition deploys its distinctive model of how policies develop to include an analysis of the social policy initiatives of the Obama administration. With more graphics, updated charts, and sidebars to highlight main points, this book explains the evolution of US social policy.
| Author | : Jane Aldgate |
| Publisher | : Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2007-01-15 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1846425905 |
This book looks at the nature of management in the human services sector and examines the prevailing issues affecting both the UK and USA. Contradictory forces affect the act of management, such as the imperatives driving the introduction of new control systems which exist alongside the requirement to cut resources. In this book, contributors present both the problems and opportunities associated with the growth of management in the social care sector. They cover key topics including the implementation of change in the childcare sector; diversity - looking at the ways in which care managers can more effectively serve a growing multicultural and global society; performance measurement; the impact of electronic technologies and telecommunications; risk and safety in the workplace; and ethics in making personnel decisions, managing finances, planning and maintaining key relationships. This will be essential reading for social workers and human services managers, and students in health and social welfare internationally.
| Author | : Gaby Flösser |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 433 |
| Release | : 2011-10-13 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 3110875500 |
| Author | : Romke Jan van der Veen |
| Publisher | : Amsterdam University Press |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2011-12-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9089643834 |
De literatuur over welvaartsstaten richt zich vaak op beleidsveranderingsprocessen en de mechanismen die deze veranderingen veroorzaken of tegenwerken. De werkelijke verandering wordt vaak geïnterpreteerd als gevolg van externe crises of als gevolg van de meer geleidelijke beleidsveranderingsprocessen. Dit boek heeft een ander uitgangspunt: de auteurs onderzoeken de bewering dat de sociale en economische veranderingen als gevolg van de overgang naar een postindustriële samenleving de sociale fundamenten van de verzorgingsstaat hebben verzwakt.
| Author | : Daniel J. Walkowitz |
| Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
| Total Pages | : 440 |
| Release | : 2003-07-11 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0807861200 |
Polls tell us that most Americans--whether they earn $20,000 or $200,000 a year--think of themselves as middle class. As this phenomenon suggests, "middle class" is a category whose definition is not necessarily self-evident. In this book, historian Daniel Walkowitz approaches the question of what it means to be middle class from an innovative angle. Focusing on the history of social workers--who daily patrol the boundaries of class--he examines the changed and contested meaning of the term over the last one hundred years. Walkowitz uses the study of social workers to explore the interplay of race, ethnicity, and gender with class. He examines the trade union movement within the mostly female field of social work and looks at how a paradigmatic conflict between blacks and Jews in New York City during the 1960s shaped late-twentieth-century social policy concerning work, opportunity, and entitlements. In all, this is a story about the ways race and gender divisions in American society have underlain the confusion about the identity and role of the middle class.
| Author | : Rachel A. Gordon |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2003-05-31 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780306477324 |
Changing Welfare is concerned with the sweeping changes that took place in public assistance programs at the end of the 20th century and the way in which the original and reformed versions of these programs relate to the well-being of children and their families. The authors critically review the original conceptualizations and the new directions of programs offering cash assistance, food assistance, health insurance, and child protection services to low-income and disabled children and their families - thus, changes in the welfare programs themselves. And throughout, their concern is with whether and how these programs alter the opportunities for the development of the children targeted by these programs - thus, changes in the welfare of children and their families. The objective of each chapter of the book is to rigorously highlight key theoretical and research issues, including the identification of major empirical findings and unanswered questions. Wherever relevant, the chapters connect theory and research to policy and practice, pointing to recommendations and challenges for the future including alternative approaches for research, policy and practice. Changing Welfare is a valuable reference for practitioners and policy makers who are concerned with children and child-related issues, psychologists, sociologists, social workers, social program administrators, and students in psychology, social work, sociology, political science, and education.
| Author | : Rajendra Baikady |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 969 |
| Release | : 2024 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0197650899 |
This Handbook examines the impetus for the development, growth, and relevance of social work as a profession in different political, social, and cultural contexts. Contributions align with overarching contemporary themes such as changing governance structures around the world; digitalization and globalization; and decolonization. The book is also in line with the advancement of global agendas for social work and social development led by the IASSW, ICSW & IFSW. This contemporary text engages comprehensively with diverse political systems across the world and explores the interactions with, and implications for social work policy, practice, and education in these countries and globally.
