Work and the Workplace [electronic resource] : A Resource for Innovative Policy and Practice

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akabas, Sheila H.

Contributor:

Kurzman, Paul A.

Series:

Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial welfare.

Social service.

Local Subjects:

Industrial welfare.

Social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2001.

Summary:

For more than twenty years Sheila H. Akabas and Paul A. Kurzman have written extensively about workers and work organizations, and given leadership to the occupational social welfare movement worldwide. Recognized as leaders in their field, Akabas and Kurzman offer an invaluable and comprehensive look at the innovative ways in which management, labor organizations, government, and social workers can better respond to the needs of workers, their families, and communities.The authors consider the social, psychological, and economic conditions in the world of work; the domino im

Contents:

FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL WORK KNOWLEDGE; [ CONTENTS ]; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1: History and Rationale; CHAPTER 2: The Meaning and Context of Work; CHAPTER 3: The Changing Landscape; CHAPTER 4: Social Work in the World of Workand in Traditional Settings; CHAPTER 5: Distinctive Presenting Problems; CHAPTER 6: Delivery Systems Conceptual Dimensions and Structures; CHAPTER 7: Disability as a Metaphor for World of Work Practice; CHAPTER 8: Social Workers as Workers, Social Agencies as Employers; CHAPTER 9: The FutureIssues, Trends, and Potential; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

828303239