The Altruistic Imagination: A History of Social Work and Social Policy in the United States

Abstract

Book Reviews 981 lead of Raymond Williams, Wilson seeks to show the subtle interplay between the marketplace, which "sets limits," and the creative individual, who learns to work within those limits and to use them for artistic ends. Finding that balance is a laudable goal, but Wilson doesn't quite reach it. The book's two main parts remain somewhat separate and disconnected, despite his best efforts. Thus at the end of the case studies, we are not sure just how much those four careers were the products of the marketplace and how much of individual creative will.

Trabajo Social y Salud Pública. Genealogía de una relación recíproca

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Welfare and Child Care: The Intricacies of Competing Social Values

“…In the early part of the 20th century, women who raised their children alone because of the death of, abandonment by, or divorce from their husbands were viewed as one of the groups classifiedas the "deserving poor" (Leiby, 1978). These women were caught in circumstances beyond their control.…”

Managed Care and Changes in Health Care Delivery in the United States: Implications for Social Work Practice in Health Care Settings

“…Social work practice in the United States has a history of more than a century and social welfare has been a part of American culture from the early 1800s (Leiby, 1978). Mary Richmond (1861Richmond ( -1928, a pioneer and one of the founders of social work in the Unites States, through her career and literatures has shown to the world how professional social work differ from other careers and established an exemplary credentials for the profession.…”

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