UID:
almafu_9959051667802883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780231895378
Content:
Examines the social welfare institutions in the United States during the first three-quarters of the 20th century when states were facing a crisis in terms of their societal legitimation, allocation of resources, public expectations, and management.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Foreword --
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Acknowledgments --
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1 The Management of Human Services - A Challenging Opportunity --
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I. The Macro Level --
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2 Service Integration: Real Versus Illusory Solutions to Welfare Dilemmas /
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3 Centralization Versus Decentralization in the Design of Human Service Delivery Systems: A Response to Gouldner’s Lament /
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4 The Social Ecology of Citizenship /
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5 Demystifying Organizations /
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II. The Micro Level --
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6 Organizational Constructs and Mega Bureaucracy /
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7 The Empirical Limits of Social Work Professionalization --
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8 Client-Organization Relations: A Systems Perspective /
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9 Exposing the Coercive Consensus: Racism and Sexism in Social Work /
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III. Prescriptive Strategies --
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10 Some Issues in the Evaluation of Human Services Delivery /
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11 Toward a Paradigm of Middle-Management Practice in Social Welfare Programs /
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12 Conceptual and Technical Issues in the Management of Human Services /
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13 The Social Political Process of Introducing Innovation in Human Services /
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14 Conclusions --
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Appendix - List of Participants --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231937726
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/sarr93772
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/sarr93772
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