"Social Work in a Revolutionary Age" and Other Papers / / Kenneth L. M. Pray; ed. by Jessie Taft.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Pray, Kenneth L. M.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Robinson, Virginia P.
• MitwirkendeR: Robinson, Virginia P.,
• HerausgeberIn: Taft, Jessie,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018]; ©1949
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

"The service of social work is directed primarily to freeing and helping individuals to find and fulfill themselves-their own unique selves-within the society of which they are a part."This emphasis on "respect for individual personality, for the significance of the individual as such and in his own right" is the keynote of these writings of the late Dean of the Pennsylvania School of Social Work.Chosen for the most part from the work of the last decade, the writings collected here stress his interest in public welfare and penology, the two fields in which his contributions have been most extensive and consistent.The volume is divided into four parts:I. Earlier Formulations of the Philosophy Underlying Social Work PracticeII. Public WelfareIll. PenologyIV. Final Statement of the Philosophy Underlying Social Work PracticeThis sharing of the wisdom and understanding of a lifetime dedicated to professional service in the field of social work will prove helpful and stimulating to administrators, teachers, and social workers everywhere.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Earlier Formulations Of the Philosophy Underlying Social Work Practice -- Education for Social Work -- The Role of Professional Social Work In the World Today -- Social Work and Social Action -- Part II. Public Welfare -- A Plan for the Treatment of Unemployment -- The Role of Individualized Services In a Public Welfare Program -- New Emphases in Education For Public Social Work -- The Child Welfare Field -- Part III. Penology -- The Woman Offender And Sterilization -- Function and Structure of Social Casework in an Institution for Delinquent Women -- The Place of Social Casework In the Treatment of Delinquency -- Social Work In the Prison Program -- Parole In Relation to Classification And Casework in Prison -- Casework Paves the Way In Preparation for Freedom -- Part IV. Final Statement Of the Philosophy Underlying Social Work Practice -- Social Work In a Revolutionary Age -- A Restatement Of the Generic Principles Of Social Casework. Practice -- Some Essentials of a Community Correctional Program -- When Is Community Organization Social Work Practice? -- A Philosophy of Change In the Community of Social Work -- Kenneth Louis Moffatt Pray 1882-1948 -- Bibliography of Published Papers