Professionalization and Activism in Social Work: the Sixties, the Eighties, and the Future / Irwin Epstein, Linda Cherrey Reeser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reeser, Linda Cherrey, author.

Epstein, Irwin, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1990]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Compares the findings of two large, public opinion surveys of social workers conducted in 1968 and again in 1984 to determine the changes, if any, that may have occurred in the social activism and professionalization of social workers during that space of time.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

Foreword

Introduction

1. Social Action Attitudes and Behaviors: The Sixties Versus the Eighties

2. Background Characteristics and Social Work Activism

3. The Professional Attributes of Social Workers: The Sixties Versus the Eighties

4. Professionalization and Social Worker Activism: Two Tests of the "Conservative Professional Community" Model

5. The Mythology and the Future of Social Work Professionalization and Activism

APPENDIX A. The Future of Research on Social Work Professionalization and Activism

APPENDIX B. Major Indices and Their Component Items

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88869-4

OCLC:

1100430209