The quest for a radical profession : social service careers and political ideology / David Wagner ; introduction by Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wagner, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social workers--United States.

Social workers.

Radicalism.

United States.

Radicalism--United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 260 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, [1990]

Summary:

This book, based on in-depth interviews of radical social workers, who at one time were associated with the Catalyst collective, explores through oral history the social psychological effects of upward mobility on political ideology. Historically large numbers of idealistic activists entered social work and other human services professions, but there have been few studies about the careers of such individuals and what has happened to radicals who pursue careers as community organizers, caseworkers or therapists, administrators or planners. Contents: A Radical Professionalism?; Radical Social Work; The Moral Careers of Radical Social Service Workers Becoming Radical, Becoming Social Workers, Images of Success/Worlds of Pain, and Occupations and Ideology; Radicalism, Social Action, and Social Service Careers The Decline of Oppositional Activism, Politics at the Retail Level: "Radical Practice," The Absorption of Radicalism; and Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0819177504

0819177512

OCLC:

21038951