Work and the Workplace - A Resource for Innovative Policy and Practice

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-231-11166-9
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 520 g

Reihe: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series

-- Lawerence S. Root, professor at the School of Social Work and director of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations at the University of Michigan

Autoren/Hrsg.

Akabas, Sheila H.

Kurzman, Paul A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik, Theorie und Methoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1. History and Rationale2. The Meaning and Context of Work3. The Changing Landscape4. Social Work in the World of Work and in Traditional Settings5. Distinctive Presenting Problems6. Delivery Systems: Conceptual Dimensions and Structures7. Disability as a Metaphor for World of Work Practice8. Social Workers as Workers, Social Agencies as Employers9. The Future: Issues, Trends, and PotentialReferencesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Sheila H. Akabas is a professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work, director of the Center for Social Policy and Practice in the Workplace, and chair of both the World of Work as a Field of Practice and the Social Enterprise Administration as a Method of Practice.Paul A. Kurzman is a professor at the Hunter College School of Social Work and at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. He is chair of the School's Work, Employment, and Rehabilitation Specialization and past president of the New York City Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.The authors are also the coeditors of Work, Workers, and Work Organizations: A View from Social Work and Work and Well-Being: The Occupational Social Work Advantage.