Social work in the 21st century / / Michael Reisch, Eileen Gambrill

• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Pine Forge Press, c1997
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 431 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 361.32
• Soggetto topico: Social service - Forecasting; Twenty-first century
• Altri autori: GambrillEileen D. <1934-> ReischMichael <1948->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Part I - The External Environment; Chapter 1 - Demographic Changes and Their Implications; Chapter 2 - The Future Economic Landscape: Implications for Social Work Practice and Education; Chapter 3 - The Impact and Implications of Multiculturalism; Chapter 4 - Poverty and Postmodernity; Chapter 5 - Social Work in International Context: Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century; Chapter 6 - Nonprofit Organizations, Social Policy, and Public Welfare; Chapter 7 - The Political Context of Social Work; Part II - Policy and Practice; A - Policy Issues ; Chapter 8 - The Future of Child WelfareChapter 9 - Juvenile Justice: Back to the Future, or Will We Learn from the Past?; Chapter 10 - Family Violence: Implications for Social Work Practice; Chapter 11 - Social Work and the Workplace; Chapter 12 - The Financial Gerontology Birthdays of 1995-1996: Social Security at 60 and the ""Baby"" Boom at 50; Chapter 13 - Social Work and Health Care in the 21 st Century; Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services; Chapter 15 - Lessons from International Social Work: Policies and Practices; B - Practice Issues; Chapter 16 - Prospects for Prevention ; Chapter 17 - Prospects for Community OrganizationChapter 18 - A Social-Health Model: A Paradigm for Social Work in Health Care; Chapter 19 - Opportunities for Social Workers in the Law? The Jury Is Out; Chapter 20 - Occupational Social Work Practice; Chapter 21 - Social Work Practice with Marginalized Populations; Chapter 22 - Multicultural Community Organizing; Chapter 23 - School-Community Collaboratives: The Missing Links; Chapter 24 - Recognizing the Role of Religious Congregations and Denominations in Social Service Provision; Chapter 25 - Social Workers as Advocates for Elders ; Part III - Theories, Knowledge, and Values and the Social Work ProfessionA - Theories, Knowledge, and Values; Chapter 26 - Social Work and Philosophy; Chapter 27 - Integrating Research and Practice; Chapter 28 - Social Work Education: Current Concerns and Possible Futures; Chapter 29 - Social Work and Psychiatry: Toward a Conceptually Based Partnership; Chapter 30 - Ethical Issues for Social Work Practice; Chapter 31 - Ethics and Administrative Practice: The Politics of Values and the Value of Politics; B - The Social Work Profession; Chapter 32 - Social Work and Social Responsibility ; Chapter 33 - The End of Social WorkChapter 34 - The Future of the Social Work Profession; Chapter 35 - International Social Work at the Millennium; Chapter 36 - The Profession of Social Work: In the Second Century; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of original essays from leaders in the profession comments on the current state of social work in the United States, and how it ought to change, in light of social change in the US and the world as a whole.
• Altri titoli varianti: Social work in the twenty-first century
• Titolo autorizzato: Social work in the 21st century
• ISBN: 1-4833-2640-3; 1-4522-4641-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814586003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II