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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Review Of Person-Environment Practice. Hawthorne, Ny: Aldine De Gruyter, 1997. Susan P. Kemp, James K. Whitaker And Elizabeth M. Tracy. Reviewed By Catherine Lemieux, Louisiana State University., Catherine Lemieux
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book review of Susan P. Kemp, James K. Whittaker and Elizabeth Tracy, Person- Environment Practice. Hawthorne, NY, 1997. $ 49.95 hardcover, $ 23.95 papercover.
Welfare In America: How Social Science Fails The Poor. William Epstein
Welfare In America: How Social Science Fails The Poor. William Epstein
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book note for William Epstein, Welfare in America: How Social Science Fails the Poor. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1997. $ 45.00 hardcover, $ 19.95 papercover.
Termination: Extending The Concept For Macro Social Work Practice, Marcia P. Harrigan, David P. Fauri, F. Ellen Netting
Termination: Extending The Concept For Macro Social Work Practice, Marcia P. Harrigan, David P. Fauri, F. Ellen Netting
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This article identifies the ways in which macro practitioners manage and respond to termination issues in organization and community arenas. To conceptualize and partialize problems related to termination, the authors developed a typology in which the purposes, roles, and tasks related to macro termination situations are identified and grouped by three levels of practice: The Technical; The Managerial; and The Institutional. Within each part of the typology the needs are articulated, objectives of the macro practitioner identified, and the role of the practitioner explicated. Several exemplars and an integrating vignette illustrate termination concerns, dilemmas, and the complexity of macro practice …
Social Support's Contribution To Reduced Welfare Dependency: Program Outcomes Of Long Term Welfare Recipients, Frank A. Sansone
Social Support's Contribution To Reduced Welfare Dependency: Program Outcomes Of Long Term Welfare Recipients, Frank A. Sansone
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Long term welfare recipients participated in a state job training and welfare reform demonstration which provided education,job training, and supportive services via intensive case management. Social support research has focused on stress and physical and psychological health outcomes not welfarejob training and education outcomes. Job training and welfare to work policies and programs have not emphasized providing social supports but the supportive services of transportation and child care. Program outcomes at follow-up included: education and job training certificates, including GEDs with some still studying; jobs; and a 50% reduction in welfare receipt. Results of hierarchical regression analysis suggest a participant's …
Institutional Ethnography: Studying Institutions From The Margins, Brian J. O'Neill
Institutional Ethnography: Studying Institutions From The Margins, Brian J. O'Neill
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
As new approaches to the development of knowledge emerge in the social sciences, there is a need to judge their appropriateness for use in social work research. Using criteria for assessing the goodness of fit between theories and social work values, this article evaluates institutional ethnography, a strategyfor studying institutions which is based on feminist standpoint theory. The author holds that the use of institutional ethnography in social work research is congruent with social work principles and effective in producing knowledge which can inform practice. Discussion of a study of Canadian social work education from the standpoint of gay men …
A Few Contributions Of Economic Theory To Social Welfare Policy Analysis, Michael A. Lewis
A Few Contributions Of Economic Theory To Social Welfare Policy Analysis, Michael A. Lewis
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The National Association of Social Workers' (NAS W) code of ethics states that social workers have a professional obligation to advocate for social policies that promote the general welfare (NASW, 1996). Presumably, in an effort to provide social workers with the analytical tools that would allow them to do so, schools of social work typically require students to do course work in the area of social welfare policy. Although these courses provide students with valuable information, it is my view that they tend to be limited in one important respect. They usually do not contain a great deal of content …
A Qualitative Cum Quantitative Approach To Construct Definition In A Minority Population: Reasons For Divorce Among Israeli Arab Women, Rivka Savaya, Orna Cohenn
A Qualitative Cum Quantitative Approach To Construct Definition In A Minority Population: Reasons For Divorce Among Israeli Arab Women, Rivka Savaya, Orna Cohenn
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The paper describes the combined use of qualitative and quantitative methods to provide a preliminary definition of the construct, the reasons for divorce among Israeli Arab women. The qualitative methods consisted of personal in terviews and a focus group, the quantitative method of Trochim's concept mapping. The combined approach was adopted in the wake of skepticism about the ability of research instruments developed in the West to study Western populations to provide valid and reliable assessments of non-Western groups. A culturally sensitive definition of the construct was sought as a first step in the design of a culturally sensitive research …
Review Of Integrating Knowledge And Practice: The Case Of Social Work And Social Science. Westport, Ct: Praegar Publishers, 1997. David J. Tucker, Charles Garvin And Rosemary Sari (Eds.). Reviewed By Bart Grossman, University Of California, Berkeley., Bart Grossman
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book review of David J. Tucker, Charles Garvin and Rosemary Sarri (Eds.), Integrating Knowledge and practice: The Case of Social Work and Social Science. Westport, CT: Praegar Publishers, 1997. $65.00 hardcover
Enterprise And The Welfare State. Martin Rein And Eskil Wadensjo
Enterprise And The Welfare State. Martin Rein And Eskil Wadensjo
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book note for Martin Rein and Eskil Wadensjo, Enterprise and the Welfare State. Williston, VT: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1997. $ 95.00 hardcover.
Creating A National Home: Building The Veteran's Welfare State, 1986-1900. Patrick J. Kelly
Creating A National Home: Building The Veteran's Welfare State, 1986-1900. Patrick J. Kelly
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book note for Patrick J. Kelly, Creating a National Home: Building the Veteran's Welfare State. 1860-1900. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997. $ 37.50 hardcover.
Human Rights And Social Policy In The 21st Century. Joseph Wronka
Human Rights And Social Policy In The 21st Century. Joseph Wronka
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Joseph Wronka, Human Rights and Social Policy in the 21st Century. Langham, MD: University Press of America, 1998 (revised edition). $ 52.00 hardcover, $ 25.00 papercover.
The Rush To Measure Performance, Lawrence L. Martin
The Rush To Measure Performance, Lawrence L. Martin
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This article examines the concept of performance measurement and identifies several major performance measurement initiatives that have implications for the human services. Each of these initiatives is briefly discussed and their similarities and differences noted. The article points out that little coordination appears to be taking place between these initiatives which raises the specter of human service agencies having to contend with multiple potentially incompatible performance measurement systems. The implications of performance measurement for human services agencies is then discussed. The article closes by suggesting that agency administrators, advocacy groups, clients and others concerned about the human services need to …
Understanding The Debate Over The Privatization Of Social Security, Eric R. Kingson, John B. Williamson
Understanding The Debate Over The Privatization Of Social Security, Eric R. Kingson, John B. Williamson
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Serious consideration is being given to the merits of privatizing Social Security. Debate over privatization and the future of Social Security gives expression to two differing value systems: the community-enhancing values of the program's defenders versus libertarian values of its critics. This article examines the implications of the debate. Areas of agreement among advocates and opponents of privatization are discussed. Special attention is paid to conflicting views about privatization and to the distributive implications of proposals to address the program's projected financing problem. In shifting much risk from government onto individuals, privatization would undermine basic Social Security protections. And it …
Postmodern Welfare: Reconstructing An Emancipatory Project. Peter Leonard.
Postmodern Welfare: Reconstructing An Emancipatory Project. Peter Leonard.
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Peter Leonard, Postmodern Welfare: Reconstructing an Emancipatory Project. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997. $23-95 papercover.
Communities In Conflict: Resolving Differences Through Collaborative Efforts In Environmental Planning And Human Service Delivery, Thom Reilly
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Increasingly, public administrators and managers in the fields of human service and environmental planning have been exploring new avenues to resolve complex and seemingly intractable public problems. Confronting such controversial issues as land management plans, common-pool resources, endangered species, welfare reform, health care and immigration are requiring new and more innovative ways of doing business-ways in which problem-solving and leadership is a shared pursuit of governmental agencies and concerned citizens.
Since collaborative efforts in these arenas have recently reemerged as one avenue to resolve complex policy disputes, it is premature to give an accurate assessment of their long term viability. …
Review Of Antisemitism And Xonophobia In Germany After Unification. Herman Kurthen, Werner Bergmann And Rainer Erb (Eds.). Reviewed By Frank Hirtz, University Of California, Davis., Frank Hirtz
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Herman Kurthen, Werner Bergmann and Rainer Erb (Eds.), Antisemitism and Xonophobia in Germany after Unification. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. $ 65 hardcover, $ 29.95 papercover.
Review Of Immigrants Out: The New Nativism And The Anti-Immigrant Impulse In The United States. Juan E Perea. Reviewed By Robert L. Boyd, Mississippi State University., Robert L. Boyd
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Juan E Perea, Immigrants Out: The New Nativism and the Anti-Immigrant Impulse in the United States. New York: New York University Press, 1997. $ 19.95 papercover.
Discourse Analysis And Activist Social Work: Investigating Practice Processes, Karen Healy, Joan Mulholland
Discourse Analysis And Activist Social Work: Investigating Practice Processes, Karen Healy, Joan Mulholland
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Although discourse analysis methods have been used for the critical analysis of activist practice theories, the application of these methods to practice processes has remained a largely unchartered territory. A chief aim of this paper is to demonstrate the possibilities discourse analysis offers for the investigation of activist practice processes. The paper introduces a discourse model which combines poststructural discourse principles and conversation analysis methods. The model is then applied to the study of the effects of activist perspectives for service users and workers within a context of activist practice in which one of the authors has been involved as …
Proactive Rhetoric, David Stoesz
Proactive Rhetoric, David Stoesz
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The American welfare state is coming apart. In The Rhetoric of Reaction, Albert 0. Hirschman explained how conservatives had used three themes to counter liberal expansion of social and economic rights: perversity, futility, and jeopardy. This essay expands Hirschman's formulation retrospectively by identifying the liberal antecedents---adequacy, equality, and regulation-that prompted the recent conservative assault on the American welfare state. Further, the author presents three themes to thwart the conservative critique of welfare-mobility, empowerment, and restructuring. As illustrative of "proactive rhetoric", these themes are proposed to guide future social policy in the United States.
For Crying Out Loud: Women's Poverty In The United States. Diane Burton And Ann Withorn (Eds.). Reviewed By Tracy Maybrey, Western Michigan University., Tracy Maybrey
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Diane Burton and Ann Withorn (Eds.), For Crying Out Loud: Women's Poverty in the United States. Boston, MA: Southend Press, 1997. $ 22.00 papercover.
The New Temperance: The American Obsession With Sin And Vice. David Wagner.
The New Temperance: The American Obsession With Sin And Vice. David Wagner.
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
David Wagner, The New Temperance: The American Obsession with Sin and Vice. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997. $60 hardcover, $16.00 papercover.
Welfare Capitalism In Taiwan: State, Economy And Social Policy. Yuen-Wen Ku.
Welfare Capitalism In Taiwan: State, Economy And Social Policy. Yuen-Wen Ku.
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Yuen-wen Ku, Welfare Capitalism in Taiwan: State, Economy and Social Policy. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. $69.95 hardcover.
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 25, No. 3 (September 1998)
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 25, No. 3 (September 1998)
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- DISCOURSE ANALYSIS AND ACTIVIST SOCIAL WORK: INVESTIGATING PRACTICE PROCESSES - Karen Healy and Joan Mulholland
- PROACTIVE RHETORIC - David Stoesz
- UNDERSTANDING THE DEBATE OVER THE PRIVATIZATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY - Eric R. Kingson and John B. Williamson
- THE RUSH TO MEASURE PERFORMANCE - Lawrence L. Martin
- "SAFE PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO:" POLITICAL TEXTS FROM URBAN YOUTH OF COLOR - Amory Starr
- KNOWLEDGE UTILIZATION IN SOCIAL WORK AND LEGAL PRACTICE - Karen M. Staller and Stuart A. Kirk
- COMMUNITIES IN CONFLICT: RESOLVING DIFFERENCES THROUGH COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND HUMAN SERVICE DELIVERY - Thom …
"Safe Places To Go And Things To Do": Political Texts From Urban Youth Of Color, Amory Starr
"Safe Places To Go And Things To Do": Political Texts From Urban Youth Of Color, Amory Starr
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This paper is the first to examine the political texts of urban youth of color. It presents their assessments of what kinds of policies and programs would improve their lives.
Knowledge Utilization In Social Work And Legal Practice, Karen M. Staller, Stuart A. Kirk
Knowledge Utilization In Social Work And Legal Practice, Karen M. Staller, Stuart A. Kirk
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The gap between knowledge generated by systematic inquiry and its eventual use by practitioners has been a concern in social work for several decades. Explanations for the gap have been identified as the orientation or attitudes of practitioners, the character of professional education, and the nature of scientific inquiry. The structural character of both practice itself and its knowledge base have been overlooked as an explanation. By comparing legal and social work practice, we suggest that characteristics of social work practice and knowledge also impede research utilization.
On Whose Watch? The Silent Separation Of American Children From Their Fathers, Nancy S. Coney, Wade C. Mackey
On Whose Watch? The Silent Separation Of American Children From Their Fathers, Nancy S. Coney, Wade C. Mackey
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Within two generations, the primary reason that American children were deprived of a father shifted from a father's death to a woman's choice. That is, prior to the 1960s, the major cause of fatherlessness was the death of the father through illness or accident. After the 1960s, the children became deprived of fathers primarily because of women's decisions to petition for a divorce or to become a single parent mother. The path of the shift is examined, and the consequences writ small per child and writ large for the commonweal are examined.
Review Of Nothing Happens To Good Girls: Fear Of Crime In Women's Lives. Esther Madriz. Reviewed By Deborah Page Adams, University Of Kansas., Deborah Page Adams
Review Of Nothing Happens To Good Girls: Fear Of Crime In Women's Lives. Esther Madriz. Reviewed By Deborah Page Adams, University Of Kansas., Deborah Page Adams
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Esther Madriz, Nothing Happens to Good Girls: Fear of Crime in Women's Lives. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1997. $40 hardcover.
Review Of Ethnicity, Crime And Immigration: Comparative And Cross National Perspectives. Michael Tonry (Ed.). Reviewed By Jewelle Taylor-Biggs, University Of California At Berkeley., Jewelle Taylor-Biggs
Review Of Ethnicity, Crime And Immigration: Comparative And Cross National Perspectives. Michael Tonry (Ed.). Reviewed By Jewelle Taylor-Biggs, University Of California At Berkeley., Jewelle Taylor-Biggs
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Michael Tonry (Ed.), Ethnicity, Crime and Immigration: Comparative and Cross-National Perspectives. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1997. $56.00 hardcover, $22.50 papercover.
Violent Criminal Acts And Actors Revisited. Lonnie Athens
Violent Criminal Acts And Actors Revisited. Lonnie Athens
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Lonnie Athens, Violent Criminal Acts and Actors Revisited. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1997. $24.95 hardcover, $14.95 papercover.
Against The Odds: Social Class And Social Justice In Industrial Societies. Gordon Marshall, Adam Swift And Stephen Roberts.
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Gordon Marshall, Adam Swift and Stephen Roberts, Against the Odds: Social Class and Social Justice in Industrial Societies. New York: Clarendon Press, 1997. $29.95 hardcover.