Professionalization and Activism in Social Work: the Sixties, the Eighties, and the Future

Linda Cherrey Reeser; Irwin Epstein

Published by Columbia University Press 1990

Professionalization and Activism in Social Work: the Sixties, the Eighties, and the Future

Linda Cherrey Reeser and Irwin Epstein

https://doi.org/10.7312/rees92434

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Compares the findings of two large, public opinion surveys of social workers conducted in 1968 and again in 1984 to determine the changes, if any, that may have occurred in the social activism and professionalization of social workers during that space of time.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Social Action Attitudes and Behaviors: The Sixties Versus the Eighties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. Background Characteristics and Social Work Activism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
3. The Professional Attributes of Social Workers: The Sixties Versus the Eighties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
4. Professionalization and Social Worker Activism: Two Tests of the “Conservative Professional Community” Model Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
5. The Mythology and the Future of Social Work Professionalization and Activism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
APPENDIX A. The Future of Research on Social Work Professionalization and Activism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
APPENDIX B. Major Indices and Their Component Items Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 168

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Published: May 6, 2019
ISBN: 9780231888691