Working with class : social workers and the politics of middle-class identity / / Daniel J. Walkowitz

• Autore: Walkowitz Daniel J
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 413 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 305.5/5/0973
• Soggetto topico: Middle class - United States; Social workers - New York (State) - New York; Group identity - New York (State) - New York
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Working with Class; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Epigraph; Prologue: Locating the Middle Class; Part One: The Professionalizing Project; Chapter One: The Invention of the Social Worker; Chapter Two: The Professionalization of the Caseworker; Chapter Three: The Making of a Feminine Professional Identity; Part Two: The Middle-Class Worker; Chapter Four: The Professional Worker in the Public Sector; Chapter Five: The Professional Worker in the Private Sector; Chapter Six: The Evisceration of the Professional Worker Identity ; Part Three: Race and the Classless Class; Chapter Seven: Race and the Modern Professional; Chapter Eight: Jews, Blacks, and a Counternarrative for the Middle Class; Epilogue: Work and the Politics of the Middle Class; Appendix; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Working with Class: Social Workers and the Politics of Middle-Class Identity.
• Titolo autorizzato: Working with class
• ISBN: 979-88-908705-1-3; 0-8078-6120-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809705803321
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