Authority and Social Work : : Concept and Use / / ed. by Shankar A. Yelaja.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Barnard, Chester I.,; Bernstein, Saul,; Chwast, Jacob,; Couse, A. K.,; Esterson, Harold,; Fink, Arthur E.,; Friedrich, Carl J.,; Fromm, Erich,; Hardman, Dale G.,; Knisely, Sally,; Koepp, Edwin F.,; Meyerowitz, Hilda,; Miller, Joseph S.,; Ohlin, Lloyd E.,; Orchard, Bernice,; Pappenfort, Donnell M.,; Piven, Herman,; Presthus, Robert V.,; Redl, Fritz,; Schweinitz, Elizabeth de,; Schweinitz, Karl de,; Simon, Yves R.,; Studt, Elliot,; Tufts, Edith M.,; Wasser, Edna,; Weber, Max,; Weisman, Irving,; Wineman, David,; Yelaja, Shankar A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Yelaja, Shankar A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1971
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (332 p.)

Social workers tend to regard the exercise of authority as inimical to the values and ethnics of their profession, yet authority is inherent in every social work relationship. This collection of readings brings together the best, published articles bearing on this basic problem which continues to concern social scientists. It contains twenty-six articles and essays examining in depth, and from different points of view, the concept and use of authority. The articles were carefully selected from the voluminous literature on the topic, and are presented here in a form that will be meaningful and interesting to student and field worker alike. The readings are organized into two parts: in the first, an analysis of the concept of authority is made with the help of social and behavioural science literature; in the second, the conceptual understanding is related to social work practice. Among the authors represented are Erich Fromm, Carl J. Friedrich, Chester I. Barnard, Max Weber, Elliot Study, Kurt and Elizabeth de Schweinitz, and Fritz Redl. The collection was designed as a text for students of social work, but it will be of equal benefit to practising social workers, and to others in the humanitarian professions.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contributors -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. Philosophical concepts of authority -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The bad name of authority -- 2. The ethics of authority -- 3. Authority, reason, and discretion -- 4. Freedom and authority -- PART II. Formulations of theories about authority -- INTRODUCTION -- 5. The theory of authority -- 6. The type of authority -- 7. Authority in organizations -- 8. Psychological authority: an operational definition for social work -- 9. Authority in casework - a bread-and-butter theory -- PART III. The concept of authority in social work -- INTRODUCTION -- 10. An outline for study of social authority factors in casework -- 11. The place of authority in the protective function of the public welfare agency -- 12. Power and authority in treatment - a private agency point of view -- 13. Worker-client authority relationships in social work -- 14. Authoritarianism and social workers: a psychological study -- PART IV. Authority in social work: basic issues -- INTRODUCTION -- 15. Self-determination: king or citizen in the realm of values? -- 16. Responsibility, self-determination, and authority in casework protecti0n of older persons -- 17. Control and values in social work treatment -- 18. Major dilemmas of the social worker in probation and parole -- PART V. The use of authority in social work practice -- INTRODUCTION -- 19. The concept of authority and its use in child protective service -- 20. Use of authority in child placement -- 21. Authority and permission in working with emotionally disturbed children -- 22. The use of rational authority in the adolescent group -- 23. The professional leader's use of rational authority: comment -- 24. The use of authority in supervision -- 25. Authority: a factor in the casework relationship with trial visit patients -- 26. Authority in the correctional process