Issues in American Social Work / / ed. by Alfred J. Kahn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Bartlett, Harriett M.,; Beck, Bertram M.,; Cohen, Nathan E.,; Eaton, Joseph W.,; Kadushin, Alfred,; Kahn, Alfred J.,; Mencher, Samuel,; Meyer, Henry J.,; Polansky, Norman A.,; Schwartz, William,; Stamm, Isabel L.,; Vinter, Robert D.,
• HerausgeberIn: Kahn, Alfred J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1959]; ©1959
• Year of Publication: 1959
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; FOREWORD --; CONTENTS --; THE CONTRIBUTORS --; THE FUNCTION OF SOCIAL WORK IN THE MODERN WORLD --; THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF SOCIAL WORK --; EGO PSYCHOLOGY IN THE EMERGING THEORETICAL BASE OF CASEWORK --; GROUP WORK AND THE SOCIAL SCENE --; REVERSING THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION --; THE GENERIC-SPECIFIC CONCEPT IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND PRACTICE --; SHAPING AMERICA'S SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY --; THE FUTURE FOR VOLUNTARYISM IN AMERICAN SOCIAL WELFARE --; THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF SERVICE --; A SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR HELPING --; THE PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY IN SOCIAL WORK --; PROFESSIONALIZATION AND SOCIAL WORK --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231884747; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/kahn91642
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Alfred J. Kahn.

A collection essays on the trends and problems in social work and social welfare in the United States. Topics include issues relating to social work's function and role, issues relating to the social work knowledge base and the content and manner of application of knowledge from the social and behavioral sciences, issues relating to nonprofessional social work roles, and others.