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

• Autore: Akabas Sheila H
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Columbia University Press, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.11/53; 363.1153
• Soggetto topico: Industrial welfare; Social service
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KurzmanPaul A
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Work and the Workplace
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462832503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series