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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Relief Vs. Rehabilitation: Conflicting Goals Within The American Social Welfare System, Matthew Silberman
Relief Vs. Rehabilitation: Conflicting Goals Within The American Social Welfare System, Matthew Silberman
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
There are two distinct orientations within the American social welfare system. The first orientation is a bureaucratic one in which heteronomous agencies are committed to a set of externally imposed regulations designed to provide relief to individuals who require some form of assistance in order to survive (Blau, 1965; Friedlander, 1968: 258-284; Wilensky and Lebeaux, 1965:233-282). Assistance usually takes the form of monetary grants. The second orientation is professional in character (Meyer, 1959). In many agencies, priority is given to the provision of the rehabilitative services to which professionally trained social workers are committed in principle and to which nonprofessionals, …
A Study Of The Relevance Of Debate Through A Comparison Of Propositions With Congrssional Deliberation, Janine Holloman
A Study Of The Relevance Of Debate Through A Comparison Of Propositions With Congrssional Deliberation, Janine Holloman
Honors Theses
This paper actually began with a Spring semester, 1973 independent study project. The project was to compile a record of intercollegiate debate at Western for each academic year from 1921 to 1974.
Academe: Internship: The Delicate Balance, Robert F. Kronick
Academe: Internship: The Delicate Balance, Robert F. Kronick
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Excerpt from the full-text article:
There appears to be a battle that heretofore has been a brushfire incursion, but what may now have the possibility of becoming something more involved. This is the raging debate between "traditional" scholars and those now committed to off-campus or experiential learning. Historically, there has always been disagreement over what constituted learning or how to evaluate what was learned. Now the area of disparagement appears to be over the legitimacy of off-campus experiences as learning and, secondly, how to evaluate these experiences as academic enterprises. As always seems to be the case in debates such …
The Impact Of Directly Mailed Family Planning Materials To Afdc Welfare Mothers, Paul J. Placek
The Impact Of Directly Mailed Family Planning Materials To Afdc Welfare Mothers, Paul J. Placek
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
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Communications research has repeatedly documented the fact that people are affected by the various forms of mass media, and so family planning programs have begun to use television (Hutchinson, 1970), radio, movies, posters, telephones (Dabbs and Neiger, 1970), newspapers, and various combinations of these media (Clark and Morris, 1972; Chase, 1972; Balakrishnan, 1967; Takeshita, 1966; Cernada and Lu, 1972) in transmitting the message of family planning. Our present media focus, however, involves direct mailing, which in contrast to other media, often has the advantages of being sent by an authoritative or prestigious source, is relatively …
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 1, No. 3 (Spring 1974)
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 1, No. 3 (Spring 1974)
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
- Ethnicity, Professionalism, and Black Paternalism: Implications for Social Welfare Services - Robert S. Bartlett - Page 101
- The "Credential Trap" and Social Work Staff Utilization - Ralph Segalman - Page 112
- Academe: Internship: The Delicate Balance - Robert F. Kronick - Page 130
- Pandora Box: The Liberation of Welfare Mothers - Bonnie Morel Edington - Page 135
- The Impact of Directly Mailed Family Planning Materials to AFDC Welfare Mothers - Paul J. Placek - Page 156
Ethnicity, Professionalism, And Black Paternalism: Implications For Social Welfare Services, Robert S. Bartlett
Ethnicity, Professionalism, And Black Paternalism: Implications For Social Welfare Services, Robert S. Bartlett
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
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The assumption around the use of nonprofessionals as members of the agency team suggest that the "bridge" function is enhanced when the new worker and the client-system are similar in such factors as ethnicity, class, cultural background, religion, and so on. Data from a 1968 survey tested Grosser's hypothesis: "that staff similarity with the client in ethnicity...will result in greater accuracy regarding the client and his community (1966:60)". Grosser's hypothesis was tested at a black staffed community action agency, serving a black ghetto in a large metropolitan city in the northeastern section of the United …
The 'Credentials Trap' And Social Work Staff Utilization, Ralph Segalman
The 'Credentials Trap' And Social Work Staff Utilization, Ralph Segalman
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
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From an examination of the foregoing charted analysis, it is apparent that social work probably cannot make much progress until it has overcome its "identity crisis." Differentiation of tasks based on outmoded or societally irrelevant models can only aggravate, rather than solve social work's confusion in relation to more effective utilization of manpower and resources.
Pandora's Box: The Liberation Of Welfare Mothers, Bonnie Morel Edington
Pandora's Box: The Liberation Of Welfare Mothers, Bonnie Morel Edington
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
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The non-"misandrist" mainstream of the women's movement has suggested that, more than women being liberated from male oppression, both sexes need to be liberated from the tyranny of culturally determined sex roles, the last bastion of ascribed status. If all social roles were androgynous they could be based on more relevant criteria. For example, children would be encouraged to develop skills and talents without regard for their "appropriateness" to gender, the male-female ratio in the work force and in nearly all specific occupations would be virtually equal, pay would be equal, and the number of …
The Effects Of Fear Appeal Communications And Communicators Upon Attitudes Alcohol Consumption, Robert D. Fritzen
The Effects Of Fear Appeal Communications And Communicators Upon Attitudes Alcohol Consumption, Robert D. Fritzen
Dissertations
No abstract provided.
The Church Of Their Father's, John W. Halteman
The Public Library Magazine Collection And Its Patrons: A Circulating Periodical Use Study, Mishawaka (Indiana) Public Library, Melba J. Geoffroy
The Public Library Magazine Collection And Its Patrons: A Circulating Periodical Use Study, Mishawaka (Indiana) Public Library, Melba J. Geoffroy
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Pollution Abatement At The Regional Level: A Case Study Of The Grand River Watershed Council, Bradley F. Smith
Pollution Abatement At The Regional Level: A Case Study Of The Grand River Watershed Council, Bradley F. Smith
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
A Study To Determine The Effectiveness Of A Library Instruction Course In Teaching The Use Of The Library To Upward Bound Students, Emma Bradford Perry
A Study To Determine The Effectiveness Of A Library Instruction Course In Teaching The Use Of The Library To Upward Bound Students, Emma Bradford Perry
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
The Design And Development Of An Educational Data Processing System, Sandra L. Laham
The Design And Development Of An Educational Data Processing System, Sandra L. Laham
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Counselor Trainee Emotional Responses To Initial Counseling Interview Stress, Thomas F. Mooney
Counselor Trainee Emotional Responses To Initial Counseling Interview Stress, Thomas F. Mooney
Dissertations
No abstract provided.
The Application Of Behavior Analysis To Business And Industry, James L. Dehem
The Application Of Behavior Analysis To Business And Industry, James L. Dehem
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
An Examination Of The Distribution Of Women In Regional Professional Associations Of Sociology, Psychology, And Political Science, Robert Rogers Wheeler
An Examination Of The Distribution Of Women In Regional Professional Associations Of Sociology, Psychology, And Political Science, Robert Rogers Wheeler
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Effects Of Ucs Habituation On The Conditioned Aggressive Display In Betta Splendens, Timothy G. Plaska
Effects Of Ucs Habituation On The Conditioned Aggressive Display In Betta Splendens, Timothy G. Plaska
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Racial Conflict And Institutionalization Of Social Welfare Decision-Making, Walter W. Stafford
Racial Conflict And Institutionalization Of Social Welfare Decision-Making, Walter W. Stafford
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Introduction – Overview
In recent decades, there has been considerable attention devoted to the nature of interest group conflict and emerging structural changes in the American economic, social and political system. The economic changes have perhaps been the key indicators of emerging trends. These changes have been reflected mainly in the amount of economic activity and occupations devoted to services since the late 1950's; the increasing concern with technological growth; the close collaboration between national government policies and planning and the private sector; national governmental assistance for urban and suburban problems, and more recently, the increased mandates of interest groups …
Hirabayashi And Korematsu: The Stone Court's Double-Edged Sword, Thomas Seilheimer
Hirabayashi And Korematsu: The Stone Court's Double-Edged Sword, Thomas Seilheimer
Honors Theses
Law, as a fixed or immutable device for civilized social intercourse, is a myth. All too often the law has been construed in capital letters, and little has it been realized or remembered that the law has been written by people and interpreted by people. Rather than the rigidity and permanence of steel and stone, the law expounded by the Supreme Court has been more like clay. Case upon case, decision after decision, the law of the Court has been constantly re-molded and re-defined to meet the ever-changing needs of society, and to protect the personal freedoms of American citizens.
The Informant Volume Vi, Number 2, Western Michigan University
The Informant Volume Vi, Number 2, Western Michigan University
Informant (1968-1981)
Volume VI, Number 2
Winter 1974
- Linguistics Aspects of Intercultural Adjustment in East Africa
- Course and Program Changes
- Course Changes -- Undergraduate Courses
- Course Changes -- 500 Level Courses
- Revised Linguistics Major and Minor
- Spring, Summer, and Fall Schedules
- New Majors and Minors
- Faculty Activities
- Enrollment -- Winter Semester 1974
- Graduation
- Student Honors, Awards, and Assistantships
- Winter Reception and Speaker
- Call for Papers
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 1, No. 2 (Winter 1973-1974)
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 1, No. 2 (Winter 1973-1974)
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Publisher and Managing Editor: Norman N. Goroff, University of Connecticut, School of Social Work
Editor: Ralph Segalman, Department of Sociology, California State University, Northridge
Associate Editors: A.K. Basu, Department of Sociology, California State University, Hayward, Harris Chaiklin, School of Social Work and Community Planning, University of Maryland, Ivor Echols, School of Social Work, University of Connecticut, Charles Guzzetta, School of Social Work, Hunter College, City University of New York, Joan Wallace, School of Social Work, Howard University
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Social Science and Social Welfare: Towards A Society for the Solution of Social Problems - ANDREW BILLINGSLEY, Page 1
- Perspectives …
Public Concepts Of Poverty: The County Commissioners' View, Charles Ramsey, Rita Braito
Public Concepts Of Poverty: The County Commissioners' View, Charles Ramsey, Rita Braito
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Every program designed to decrease poverty is based upon assumptions either as to the nature and causes of poverty or what is necessary to help the poor improve their lot (Spilerman and Elish, 1970; Task Force on Economic Growth and Opportunity, 1966; Valentine, 1968). Often these assumptions are only implicit, and supervisors of the program might not even agree with the assumptions if they were stated. Nevertheless, a program would itself make no sense unless certain statements about poverty were true. For example, a program of economic development to increase employment opportunities assumes that, first, much poverty is due to …
Swedish Child Welfare Worker: Estrangement And Alienation In An Ideal Situation, Implications For American Social Policy, The, Wayne Plasek
Swedish Child Welfare Worker: Estrangement And Alienation In An Ideal Situation, Implications For American Social Policy, The, Wayne Plasek
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Excerpt from the full-text article:
Our research was guided by an interest in the attitudes of social workers toward their personal work situation, their occupation, its place in the society, and other matters. It seemed likely that in a welfare state, the position of the profession and the attitudes of its practitioners would reflect its key position within the society. If such expectations were borne out, we might be able to make predictions concerning such attitudes among American social workers should the welfare program be greatly expanded.
Social Science And Social Welfare: Toward A Society For The Solution Of Social Problems, Andrew Billingsley
Social Science And Social Welfare: Toward A Society For The Solution Of Social Problems, Andrew Billingsley
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
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Do existing social work texts contribute to a student's recognition of professional values and issues and of the implicit ideological bases for these? The following study contends that they do not, and that their failures are quite similar to those found by Mills in his examination social pathology texts.
Our concern today with social science and social welfare policy is in keeping with the purposes and conceptions of the founders of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. In those early days these men and women were idealists- -they were reformists, but they also …
Perspective On Youthful Deviance: Implications For Social Policies, Albert S. Alissi
Perspective On Youthful Deviance: Implications For Social Policies, Albert S. Alissi
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
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The way a society deals with its younger deviants reflects the place assigned to youth in hat society. In his famous study of European family life, Phillippe Aries pointed out that for centuries children shared the same status as adults and were mixed with adults as soon as they were weaned from their mothers at about the age of seven. And so it was possible that in England in 1801, a child of thirteen was hanged for stealing a spoon. A girl of seven was publicly hanged in 1808 and a boy of nine was …
Representatives In Government - A Role For Social Planning Councils , Alan Cohen
Representatives In Government - A Role For Social Planning Councils , Alan Cohen
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
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I have referred to a key problem of how to make individual and group concerns known to the decision makers without ignoring the weakly organized and unorganized-and without putting both the legislators and administrators in the position of merely ratifying bargaining negotiated between these interest groups. I have suggested non-governmental Social Planning Councils have a potentially significant role to play in the changing need for representativeness for the myriad of strong, weak and unorganized groups and individuals.
This role recognizes the feedback benefits resulting from the proposition that people learn to participate by participating, and …
Sociology And Social Work: Science And Art, Robert D. Leighninger, Leslie H. Leighninger, Robert M. Pankin
Sociology And Social Work: Science And Art, Robert D. Leighninger, Leslie H. Leighninger, Robert M. Pankin
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
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We live in an age of specialization and usually find it beneficial, perhaps even essential. However, we have been aware since Marx's time at least that the division of labor has its cost. And though we may be a long way from the unconpartmentalized utopia where an individual might do four different kinds of work in a single day, we cannot afford to let the assumptions which underlie the separation of important jobs and functions go without periodic reexamination. The separation of the work of the sociologist (or, indeed, any social scientist) and the social …
The Effects Of Students' And Teachers' Racial Identities On Student And Teacher Perceptions Of The Teacher Role, Karen Van Wagner
The Effects Of Students' And Teachers' Racial Identities On Student And Teacher Perceptions Of The Teacher Role, Karen Van Wagner
Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Marriage Enrichment: A Preventative Counseling Program Designed To Attain Marriage Potential, Roger Gene Wittrup
Marriage Enrichment: A Preventative Counseling Program Designed To Attain Marriage Potential, Roger Gene Wittrup
Dissertations
No abstract provided.