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Showing papers in "International Social Work in 1977"


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TL;DR: Part of the worldwide growth of group medical practice is attributable to doctors’ wishes to have at their fingertips o broader range of equipment and support personnel than is possible in solo-practice.
Abstract: * Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A. An earlier version of this paper was read at the Third International. Congress on Group Medicine, Paris, France, lune 1976. Ai2T of the worldwide growth of group medical prcctice is attributable to doctors’ wishes to have at their fingertips o broader range of equipment and support personnel than is possible in solo-practice. Group practice doctors are renowned for their innovative utilization of allied health personnel. One example of this trend is the way doctors in several countries are beginning to include social workers within the group practice team.

6 citations


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TL;DR: For example, the authors argue that the development of Asia, or Europe, or Latin America were identical, or if what we observe in Africa is simply a carbon-copy of activity elsewhere.
Abstract: Methods of approach to curriculum development as well as the ensuing content of curricula, and subsequent changes which lead to a focus on, for example, fam,ilyplanning, should be determined by local situations. We would label, the outcome as a form of social work &dquo;Imperialism&dquo; or &dquo;Neocolonialism&dquo; if the developments of Asia, or Europe, or Latin America were identical, or if what we observe in Africa is simply a carbon-copy of activity elsewhere. We might not be in error, however, if we were to took for unifying, identical themes or concepts that receive in each region their

4 citations


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TL;DR: The socia! worker works, therefore, with the interspace between the individual and society as mentioned in this paper, and his social relationships and is therefore responsible for dealing with those problems that arise out of the individual's societal interactions.
Abstract: * Professor, School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. O~CIAL workers historically have been s associated with unmet needs or with needs inadequately met through the existing structures of our different worlds. We are social -workers because we care about peoplie. Thus, ou,r profession is responsible for dealing with those proble~ms that arise out of the individual’s societal interactions. The socia! worker works, therefore, with the interspace between the individual and society. Our professional literature universally denotes this unique co,ncern with the individual. and his social relationships. As a result, at various times in our history as a profession,

2 citations


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TL;DR: Severa! as discussed by the authors argue that research is irrelevant to the tasks of getting food on the table and establishing a semblance of emotional, and financial stability for the disadvantaged, and view research as an endeavour engaged in by hordes of sliide rule wielding frozen calculating armies of drab tittie people.
Abstract: and fear of research and stastical analysis. Severa! feel research is irrelevant to the tasks of getting food on the table and establishing a semblance of emotional, and financial stability for the disadvantaged.’ Others view research as an endeavour engaged in by hordes of sliide rule wielding frozen calculating armies of drab tittie people. Those cold neutral observers who trans4ate the dynamic and creative life of the human being into the machine language of computer printouts.

2 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of socialist and capital-ist ideology and structure upon selected aspects of socicrl welfare policies and administration, using Israel as the major example, is examined.
Abstract: ween seven communist ond seven capitalist countries insofar as social welfare was concerned.2 Wilensky holds that it is the age of the program, and even the age of the population covered, which correlates best with the strength of social security cove,rage.3 However, each of these studies deals with the total spending for social security; or socia~l security costs constrasted wifh defense and education costs;4 or o &dquo;social insurance program experience&dquo; (the number of years a nation has had certain programs in o~peration);5 rather than with comparisons of the details of programs as such. The purpose of this article is to examine the influence of socialist and capital’ist ideology and structure upon selected aspects of socicrl welfare policies and administration, using Israel as the major example.

2 citations


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TL;DR: Theory, a perspective or a set of concepts which can carry the tittle "theory of social work practice" as discussed by the authors, is the knowledge of this theory which social workers strive after as a means for solving their clients' problems.
Abstract: theory, a perspective or a set of concepts which can carry the tittle ’theory of social work practice’, because it is the knowledge of this theory which social workers strive after as a means for solving their clients’ problems. White the solution of problems may not be possible, the existence of a theory of the means for ther solution, the ’theory of social work practice’ is not in doubt. It is

2 citations


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TL;DR: The Research Conference on Evaluating the Effectiveness of Social Security Programmes as mentioned in this paper is concerned rather with the broad process of evaluating social security programs and the variety of research approaches and methods that can and should be used for this purpose.
Abstract: The Research Conference c,n &dquo;Methods of Evaluating the Effectiveness of Social Security Programmes&dquo; is concerned rather with the broad process of evaluating social security programmes and the variety of research approaches and methods that can and should be used for this purpose. The major papers presented at the Conference are organised around specific types and instruments of research programme statistics, survey data, simulation and model building, cost-benefit analysis, etc. Each has its special use as well as its specific limitations and methodological constraints. As researchers, we have a major

2 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the recent development of training programmes in social work and social welfare in the Federa~l Republic of Germany and concentrate on the establishment of such training programmes at the university level, regarding their content and organization.
Abstract: O start off, we shall discuss a few proT blems concerning the recent development of training programmes in social work and social welfare in the Federa~l Republic of Germany. We shall then concentrate on the establishment of such training programmes at the university level, regarding their content crnd organization. As in other countries specialized training for careers in the profession of social work in Germany does not have much of a tradition. The first &dquo;Christian-Social! for Women&dquo;

1 citations


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TL;DR: The philosophy behind income security programmes may be related to the principle of either individual need or social right as mentioned in this paper, which tends to be as follows: individual need is related to social right.
Abstract: Social security programmes may be divided into two broad groups of pro grammes, those concerned with income security and those concerned with op portunity security. Income security programmes may be further divided into positive transfer programmes, where there is a cash flow from the government to the individual, and negative transfer programmes, which are a component of the taxation system. Positive transfer programmes may be universal or limited, the main limitation being benefits subject to a means test. Positive transfer programmes may also be classified as to whether they are income based measures, distinguish- . ing between income replacement and income supplement programmes; or whether they are expenditure based, whereby the beneficiary receives either full or partial campensation for expenditure he has made or is assumed to have made.The philosophy lying behind income security programmes may be related to the principle of either individual need or social right. The former principle tends to be as...

1 citations


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TL;DR: In the early part of 1975, the two authors as mentioned in this paper and six social work students carried out a modest campaign to change the lighting of playgrounds in public housing by writing letters to government departments requesting additional lighting for the pedestrian areas on the playgrounds.
Abstract: In the early part of 1975, the two authors -and. six social work students carried out a modest campaign irivolving these youth mem.bers to write .letters to Government departments requesting additional lighting for the pedestrian areas ond playgrounds. This paper summarizes the process into five steps : All ;rea,nning the change effort, (2) collecting .data, (3) organizing public support from youth members, (4) imple~mentatio~n and results, and (5) fo~ll~,ow-up action. The project olso illustrates the role of a public opinion survey to focus attention on a community prob-lem. In this case, press coverage on the darkness at S’hek Lei Estate and crime at other public housing estates resulted in Gov-

1 citations


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TL;DR: Bazin-Tardieu as mentioned in this paper is a social worker and a sociologist and has worked in social development training institutions in Mali and Central African Empire, and has also been a consultant to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Training and Research Center for Women from 1974 to 1976, and is presently a member of the Executive Committee of the Working Group of the Association for Social Work Education in Africa (ASWEA).
Abstract: * Dr. Danielle Bazin-Tardieu is a social worker and a sociologist and has worked in social development training institutions in Mali and Central African Empire. She has also been a consultant to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)’s Training and Research Center for Women from 1974 to 1976, and is presently a member of the Executive Committee’s Working Group of the Association for Social Work Education in Africa (ASWEA). Planning, an outdated concept?


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TL;DR: In this paper, the phase of a dysfunction or dis-ease must be ascertained in order to clarify that which the community's help-agents are expected to deal with.
Abstract: dysfunctio>ning, or problem conditions, as is done in the public heal;th field. Althoug’h sometimes difficult to pinpoint exactly, the phase of a dysfunction or dis-ease must be ascertained in order to clarify that which the community’s help-agents are expected to deal with. There are qualitative differences if we are to work with intact social institutions which are part of a whotesome community, with the known causes of specific problem conditions, with early symptoms of

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss how changed conditions such as immigration, outmigration, urban density, etc. will affect the objectives of social workers and counsellors in their day-to-day work problems.
Abstract: I should like to begin by stating the problems as I see them, by presenting my point of view, and by defining my terms. I have been asked to write about stability and change in the individual, about emotional strain, stress, and rehabiliitatio~n in the environment of the future. ! I have been asked to discuss how changed conditions such as immigration, outmigration, urban density, etc. will affect the objectives of social workers and counsellors in your day to day work problems. Now first of all the opposite oi stability in the individual as in the family and the wider society is not change but ~instabitity. In thinking about the individu.al I think of the human person, his/her growth, development, structure, organization and functio~ning throughout the span of life from birth to death.

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TL;DR: For example, this article pointed out that a political party which did not try to satisfy the people's needs and aspirations would not stay long in power, and that government had not only to be responsible for governing but responsible to the people and their expressed needs.
Abstract: mcrtter how strong the pressure group, little would have been effected if there had not been participation in government by the people of the country. With the introduction of universal male suffrage in the latter half of the previous century and the granting o~f the vote to women in the ecarly part of this century, government had not only to be responsible for governing but responsible to the people and their expressed needs. A political party which did not try to satisfy the people’s needs and aspirations would not stay long in power.

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the Swedish model of youth welfare and justice and provide more detained information concerting four programmes in the Stockholm area that deal with youthful offenders, including the Swedish-Kennedy Scholarship Foundation and the Swedish Institute.
Abstract: **This article is based on research carried out in Stockholm with the assistance of the Swedish-Kennedy Scholarship Foundation and the Swedish Institute. Materials for the report were ablained through interviews with agency staff members and. written reports. HIS article describes briefly the swedish model of youth welfare and justice and provides more detained information concerting four programmes in the Stockholm area that deal with youthful offenders.

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TL;DR: The authors point out that over-time life styles assume a sense of normahity in cultural theory and will persist independently of the situa-tional factors which first led to their emergence.
Abstract: a fatalistic, present-time oriented population which suffers from low level’s of self-esteem and personal competence (Lewis, 1968:54). Accounting for the developments of these and other &dquo;stratum shared&dquo; traits is not probtematic. Both perspectives point out that initiaHy they are realistic responses to economic deprivation. At this point the similarity ends. Over-time life styles assume a sense of normahity in cultural theory. As such they are valued and will &dquo;... persist independently of the situa-tional factors which first led to their emergence&dquo; (Spiierman and Elesh, 1970:359, 365). Income maintenance may improve the circum-

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TL;DR: Bhavnani et al. as discussed by the authors presented a survey of the state of the art in contemporary social work education, including the Emergency Training Course for Social Workers at Leeds Polytechnic in the UK.
Abstract: *J. A. Collings is Senior Lecturer in Psychology, School of Social Studies, at leeds Polyiechnic, U.K. B. Kent is Principal Lecturer and Course Director, Emergency Training Course for Social Workers, Leeds Polytechnic, U.K. K. K. Bhavnani is Lecturer in Psychology, School of Social Studies, Leeds Polytechnic, U.K. This article is published from ’Contemporary Social Work Education’, Vol. I, No. 1 (May, 1977) by the gracious permission of the Editor. SUMMA,RY

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TL;DR: The self-consciousness and assertiveness of subordinated groups, the push for modernization of traditional societies and economies, the opening up to opportunities for education, economic advancement and political power, the migratory movements of people from poorer to more affluent or advantageous places, 5. the growth of communica, media and access to them, and 6. the development of trans-national organizations and agencies promoting change as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: an important one in the word, both to-day and in the foreseeable future. Among these are 1. the self-consciousness and assertiveness of subordinated groups, 2. the push for modernization of traditional societies and economies, 3. the opening up to opportunities for education, economic advancement and political power, 4. the migratory movements of people from poorer to more affluent or advantageous places, 5. the growth of communica,tions media and access to them, and 6. the development of trans-national organizations and agencies promoting change.